An unlicensed teenager from Huon Valley who allegedly sped away from the police on three separate occasions at high speeds is now facing charges. The 17-year-old male was driving a black Toyota Celica with counterfeit plates when he managed to evade officers multiple times in Huonville and Franklin over the past two weeks, police say. […]
Fri Oct 6, 2023 - 5:00amAn investigation is underway after a fire caused significant damage to a vacant Mornington home on Wednesday night. Emergency services were called to the vacant Binalong Road residence at around 10pm, where fire crews found “significant smoke and water damage”. Authorities say the fire was deliberately lit and started under the bedroom floor. Police are […]
Fri Oct 6, 2023 - 4:00amA Hobart woman living a “chaotic lifestyle” who left her friend blind in one eye after attacking him with a high heeled shoe has been sentenced to time in prison. Katie Maree Job and Robert Lance Frederick Ransley were driving in Hobart’s northern suburbs in December 2021 when she asked to borrow his phone that […]
Thu Oct 5, 2023 - 5:00amAnonymous tips from members of the public have recently led to dozens of significant drug seizures, including a haul of methamphetamine valued at around $700,000. Crime Stoppers Tasmania Chairman David Daniels said the methamphetamine bust stopped close to 1kg of the drug making it to our streets, with the anonymous tipster now eligible for a reward. […]
Thu Oct 5, 2023 - 4:00amFour teenage girls have been charged with multiple offences, including motor vehicle stealing, after a string of incidents this week. Police believe the four girls, three aged just 15-years-old and one 17-year-old, committed the crimes over the past two days around greater Hobart and Launceston. The teenagers will appear in a youth court at a later […]
Wed Oct 4, 2023 - 5:30pmA Hobart partygoer has been awarded $12 million in damages after a punch during a 2014 bar attack left him with a permeant and life altering brain injury. 37-year-old Matthew Leonard spent 40 weeks recovering in hospital after being punched by a now-closed Syrup nightclub crowd controller and hitting his head on the road. Acting […]
Wed Oct 4, 2023 - 4:00amA man has been left with an injury to his head after allegedly being attacked by two Derwent Valley locals this afternoon. Police say officers found the man at a property on Henry Crescent in New Norfolk non-life threatening injuries around 12:30pm on Tuesday. The offenders, a 36-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man, were located at […]
Tue Oct 3, 2023 - 9:05pmA young justice studies student was drunk, using her mobile phone and driving an unregistered car in a crash that could have claimed her life, a court has heard. 20-year-old Lucy Rose Waud rolled her car multiple times in April this year after she crossed to the wrong side of the road and collided with an embankment. In […]
Tue Oct 3, 2023 - 3:30amA speeding Hobart driver was high on methylamphetamine when he crashed into a young single mum and her 2-year-old son three days before Christmas in 2020. Braedon Males, who was on parole for drug trafficking at the time of the crash on December 22, was found guilty by a jury of causing grievous bodily harm […]
Mon Oct 2, 2023 - 5:00amA Tasmanian dairy farmer who sold close to 300 cows that were not his to sell did so in a desperate attempt to save his failing dairy operation, a court has heard. Peter Whynn Jones has been sentenced for stealing 255 cows worth $350,000 between 26 May 2019 and 10 January 2020. The Honourable Justice Robert Pearce told the […]
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