A taskforce setup by Tasmania Police to reduce illicit drug and firearm-related crime in the state has seen 17 criminals charged in just one week. Drugs, cash and firearms have all been seized by officers working on Taskforce Scelus across the west coast and north-west in its first week of operation. Detective Inspector Michelle Elmer […]
Wed Nov 29, 2023 - 3:45pmA coronial investigation has concluded that a 26-year-old man from Youngtown died in a horrific road accident due to being nearly four times the legal blood alcohol limit and riding a defective motorcycle. Richard Keith Gesler died at the scene when his Suzuki GSX 750 motorcycle collided with the centre barrier on the East Tamar […]
Wed Nov 29, 2023 - 3:30pmThe man accused of murdering 14-year-old Tasmanian teenager Shyanne-Lee Tatnell has not yet entered a plea, nearly four months after his arrest. Scottsdale man Christopher Mark Jordan appeared before the Launceston Magistrates Court via video link on Wednesday to face charges related to the alleged death of the young girl. Tatnell’s remains were discovered in […]
Wed Nov 29, 2023 - 12:10pmA manhunt has been launched for the rider of a red quad bike after an ‘incident’ in Tasmania’s north-west tonight. Police say multiple officers are currently scouring the Penguin area in pursuit of the person following what was only described as an “evade incident”. “Members of the community are asked not to be alarmed by […]
Tue Nov 28, 2023 - 5:40pmA bushfire that ignited just 1km away from the main township of Strahan on Tasmania’s west coast was “deliberately lit”, according to investigators. The blaze on Ocean Beach Road started around 12am on Monday morning and, as of Tuesday, had burned through approximately 172 hectares of bushland – a similar size to that of a […]
Tue Nov 28, 2023 - 9:15amA young teenage driver who rolled his ute while driving “too fast” down a north-west Tasmanian beach with people sitting in the rear tray has been sentenced in the Supreme Court. The then-17-year-old P1 licence holder, identified only as HKR, was driving on Moorland Beach near Devonport Airport in July 2022 while ‘out for some […]
Tue Nov 28, 2023 - 5:00amA young P-plater will face court in the coming weeks after a ‘dangerous’ high-speed incident on Bridport Road last night. Police caught the 19-year-old P2 driver travelling at 156km/h on the highway near George Town around 8:30pm on Sunday. They say officers pulled the teen over and found him to have a blood-alcohol reading of […]
Mon Nov 27, 2023 - 12:05pmA woman has been arrested after she allegedly pulled a knife while attempting to flee the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in the Hobart CBD this afternoon. According to Police, several vehicles collided on Liverpool Street around the Harrington Street area at 2:15pm on Sunday. It is understood the woman allegedly crashed into a ‘series […]
Sun Nov 26, 2023 - 4:03pmA man is on the run after an alleged Black Friday robbery at a shopping centre on Hobart’s Eastern Shore. The offender, described as being in his late 20’s, allegedly threatened staff at an Eastlands store around 11:40am on Friday before stealing several items and fleeing on foot. Police say the man is believed to […]
Fri Nov 24, 2023 - 3:14pmPolice are searching for a man who has allegedly been “exposing himself” to people in a Tasmanian park in recent weeks. The man is suspected of “behaving inappropriately” in the Romaine Park reserve area in Upper Burnie and anyone who may have seen him is asked to report it to the police. A victim who […]
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