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Road Incidents

Reckless teen p-plater hits 185km/h in 110km/h zone while fleeing police

A teenage driver who recklessly fled from police at 75km/h over the speed limit in the early hours of Saturday morning is set to face court. The 17-year-old was allegedly caught speeding at a staggering 185km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Midlands Highway shortly after midnight on Saturday. When officers attempted to pull the […]

Sun Oct 22, 2023 - 9:00am
Coroner Reports

Unlicensed Hobart motorcyclist ‘high on meth’, speeding in fatal crash

A coroner has determined that the “sole cause” of a motorcycle crash that claimed the life of a Hobart man last year was “his reckless behaviour in travelling at very high speed in a suburban street”. 31-year-old Clarendon Vale man Bradley John Kremmer had “consumed alcohol and methamphetamine” before riding the motorcycle through Warrane in July […]

Fri Oct 20, 2023 - 5:00am
Road Incidents

Drunk woman 4x over limit before 9am crashes into tree

A drunk woman, who was almost four and a half times over the legal limit before 9:30am, has been stripped of her licence after crashing into a tree. The 51-year-old Forcett woman lost control of her vehicle, crossed onto the wrong side of the road and smashed into a tree on Primrose Sands Road around […]

Fri Oct 20, 2023 - 3:00am
Courts and Crime

Operation Saturate: Midlands man nabbed for multiple firearm offences

A Midlands man has been busted over the improper storage of his firearms and for failing to comply with the conditions of his firearms licence. During an ‘Operation Saturate’ search of a property in Levendale, which was initiated based on a tip from members of the public, the 49-year-old was found to be committing “several […]

Thu Oct 19, 2023 - 5:30pm
Courts and Crime

Flooding rampage: Intruder ‘turns on taps’, damages Devonport businesses

A person is believed to have entered a Devonport building overnight and ‘turned on multiple taps’, leading to flooding across “several levels” and affecting multiple businesses. Police say officers are currently investigating the incident, which resulted in ‘significant damage’ to multiple businesses near the intersection of Best and Rooke Streets at around 5am on Thursday. […]

Thu Oct 19, 2023 - 3:00pm
Courts and Crime

Stricter penalties for Tasmanian offenders who tamper with electronic monitoring devices

Tasmanian criminals who “do not comply” with their home detention conditions will soon face stricter penalties with the introduction of a new ‘Breaches of Home Detention Orders’ bill. The amendment has toughened the rules for offenders who have either removed or attempted to tamper with their electronic monitoring devices since the introduction of home detention […]

Thu Oct 19, 2023 - 3:00am
Courts and Crime

Police foil aggravated New Norfolk burglary attempt involving teens

An attempted burglary at New Norfolk home by two men in their 30s and two teenagers has been foiled by police this afternoon. Police say officers received reports of an aggravated burglary in progress at a property on Back River Road shortly before 3pm on Wednesday. Several police units quickly swarmed the area and arrested three […]

Wed Oct 18, 2023 - 8:45pm
Courts and Crime

Hobart teen brothers behind bars over multiple-vehicle thefts, home invasion

Two Hobart brothers, allegedly responsible for a “series of crimes” across Hobart’s Eastern Shore over the past week, have been arrested. The 17-year-old and 19-year-old siblings are suspected of stealing “several vehicles” from the Howrah and Bellerive areas, as well as unlawfully “entering an unlocked home whilst the occupants were asleep”, stealing both the car […]

Wed Oct 18, 2023 - 3:14pm
Courts and Crime

Tasmanian woman hides knife in underwear after taxi driver threat

A Tasmanian woman who refused to pre-pay her taxi fare has avoided prison for verbally abusing and threatening a taxi driver with a knife – that she tried to hide from Police in her underwear. Now-25-year-old Alicia Cashman was “badly affected by methylamphetamine” when she hopped into the front passenger seat of a taxi in […]

Wed Oct 18, 2023 - 2:00pm
Courts and Crime

Inquest launched into 2016 deaths of elderly Sandy Bay couple

An inquest is currently underway to examine the deaths of an elderly Sandy Bay couple who passed away just two days apart in March 2016. David and Nelda Edwards were discovered to have opioids and sedatives in their systems when they died, with the ‘close proximity’ leading Police to investigate both deaths at the time. […]

Tue Oct 17, 2023 - 11:55pm