A Tasmania Police officer has been “placed on non-operational duties” after an alleged assault in Burnie earlier this year. The 31-year-old male constable will face a charge of common assault following the alleged January 29 incident. A Police spokesperson said the Western District constable was on duty at the time of the incident, but would not […]
Fri Aug 11, 2023 - 2:45pmTwo interstate outlaw motorcycle gang members have been charged with affray and several counts of assault after an incident at Devonport McDonald’s last weekend. Police executed a search warrant at a rural property near New Norfolk where a Tasmanian OMCG member lives around 6am on Friday. During the search, two South Australian men aged 23 […]
Fri Aug 11, 2023 - 2:30pmA teenager who allegedly went on a window-smashing spree in Burnie overnight has left behind ‘significant damage’. The 15-year-old girl believed to be behind the attack smashed multiple large panes of glass in the multi-storey car park and windows of other CBD businesses. The council, which recently shortened the car park’s opening hours due to […]
Thu Aug 10, 2023 - 12:55pmSix people have been left injured after they were bashed by a group of interstate outlaw motorcycle gang members in Devonport on Sunday morning. Police say three to four men approached two victims outside McDonald’s in Devonport CBD at around 1am. The offenders then kicked one of the victims in the ribs and struck the […]
Tue Aug 8, 2023 - 12:28pmA 45-year-old Devonport woman has been arrested after 112 grams of Ice were intercepted in a ‘suspicious package’ at a mail sorting facility. Police say the drug could have resulted in 1170 street deals and had the potential to put over 1000 Tasmanians at risk. Following the woman’s arrest, further searches uncovered more drugs, including ice and […]
Wed Aug 2, 2023 - 11:08amA pet cat has undergone surgery after a shocking incident of alleged animal cruelty in Burnie earlier this month. The cat, Noah, was found with “significant injuries” after being shot with an arrow in Downlands about 5:30pm on Sunday 2 July. Police say officers are investigating the incident, which left Noah in need of life-saving […]
Mon Jul 31, 2023 - 1:05pmA pet cat has undergone surgery after a shocking incident of alleged animal cruelty in Burnie earlier this month. The cat, Noah, was found with “significant injuries” after being shot with an arrow in Downlands about 5:30pm on Sunday 2 July. Police say officers are investigating the incident, which left Noah in need of life-saving […]
Mon Jul 31, 2023 - 1:05pmTooting trains are taking a toll on residents in Tasmania’s north, with the ‘constant blaring’ of train horns in the early hours of the morning leaving some frustrated and angry. Two Burnie locals living near the rail yard have taken to the local newspaper with concerns over 12am train horns and the blocking of road crossings […]
Tue Jul 25, 2023 - 5:00amPolice are investigating after a motorist became trapped in his following a crash on the Bass Highway this morning. The 63-year-old Latrobe man is believed to have crashed into the rear of a truck that was stopped on the highway and was waiting to turn around 7am on Thursday. Authorities extracted the man from his […]
Thu Jul 20, 2023 - 12:28pmTasmania Police are on the hunt for the driver of a car towing a trailer who dangerously swerved into oncoming traffic on the Bass Highway. The heart-stopping incident occurred at around 4pm on Monday July 10 in Somerset. Police say the white Subaru overtook on double white lines near Cape View Nursery and “narrowly avoided” a head-on crash with […]
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