A former president of Little Athletics Tasmania won’t go to jail despite stealing over $10,000 from the organisation’s fundraising account. Rhonda Ruth O’Sign, 63, had been involved with the volunteer group for nearly 30 years, starting as a publicity officer and later becoming president for a decade – a position she held while the thefts occurred […]
Wed Nov 8, 2023 - 3:00amPolice are investigating a potentially deliberate fire that destroyed a house in Campania late last night. The fire broke out at a White Kangaroo Road address shortly after 12:30am on Tuesday morning. Firefighters arrived to find the residence fully engulfed in flames and despite their efforts, the house was completely destroyed. Police say no one […]
Tue Nov 7, 2023 - 1:55pmPolice have made “one of the biggest seizures of methylamphetamine and cocaine in Tasmania’s history”, preventing 6kgs of illicit drugs from entering the state. Tasmania Police and the Australian Federal Police intercepted the drugs in a 26-year-old’s vehicle as he arrived into Devonport from Geelong on the Spirit of Tasmania on Friday night. Drug detection […]
Tue Nov 7, 2023 - 8:43amA West Coast man, allegedly responsible for a ‘reckless’ fireworks display over Zeehan homes during the weekend, has been charged. The 41-year-old Zeehan local was arrested and charged on Sunday night after fireworks were set off over residential houses in the small town, police say. He was again arrested and charged on Monday after further fireworks […]
Mon Nov 6, 2023 - 3:10pmA young Hobart man who went on two separate punching sprees after a night of consuming ‘far more alcohol than he usually did’ in Salamanca has avoided prison. Jonty Bruce Penneyston, then 23, was “out of character” when he assaulted two people in the early hours of Saturday, 11 June last year, according to passing […]
Mon Nov 6, 2023 - 2:05pmThe man allegedly responsible for the armed robbery of a cash register at a Devonport business on Wednesday has been charged. The 39-year-old man was arrested and taken into custody on Thursday morning, the day after fleeing the William Street newsagency. Police said at the time he was ‘assisting officers in their investigations’. A short […]
Thu Nov 2, 2023 - 11:00pmTasmania Police are currently searching the Devonport area for a man believed to have committed a robbery this morning. The man is described as being in his mid to late 30s, with slight ginger facial hair, wearing light grey pants, a grey hoodie, black gloves, dark sunglasses and black shoes with a white logo. Police […]
Wed Nov 1, 2023 - 9:15amThe driver of a rubbish truck who hit an elderly woman, leading to her death as she crossed the road in Burnie in 2021, had “between 15 and 20 seconds” to see her but failed to do so, a coroner has found. Eric Flight was driving the JJRichards waste truck through the Burnie CBD just […]
Wed Nov 1, 2023 - 2:00amA Mountain River man has been arrested and charged with burglary and stealing after an incident in the states north this month. Police allege that the 35-year-old entered the Devonport business around 1:30am on 23 October and stole “a number of items”, including an excavator. Detective Senior Constable Rory Carmichael said information was received from […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 5:10pmTasmania Police are warning trick-or-treaters to stay safe tonight ahead of Halloween celebrations across the state. October 31 marks the eve of All Saints Day, a Christian feast that is known as Halloween and a popular celebration, particularly in the United States, where people dress up as monsters or other scary characters. Trick or treating, […]
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