A Glenorchy man who allegedly stole around $340,000 worth jewellery from several Hobart homes has been charged. The 41-year-old is believed to have committed the “series of significant home burglaries” across a six-month period between September 2022 and February 2023. First Class Constable Katie Swift said the charges were the result of an extensive operation by Hobart Criminal […]
Wed Aug 30, 2023 - 10:58amAfter going on a rampage with a pickaxe-like-tool over an occupied toilet, a Burnie man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Justin Dean Jones pleaded guilty to three counts of assault, four counts of injuring property and three counts of destroying property in the Burnie Supreme Court on Thursday. The court heard how […]
Wed Aug 30, 2023 - 6:00amA Cleveland couple behind a Tasmanian company accused of allegedly overbreeding their female dogs have pled not guilty in the Launceston Magistrates Court. 67-year-old Elizabeth Anne Bartlett and 65-year-old Paul Alan Bartlett are facing 70 counts of breeding dogs without ensuring they had less than two litters in any 18-month period. The charges, brought against the […]
Tue Aug 29, 2023 - 6:00pmA man who died in a serious crash in Ravenswood was not wearing a seatbelt, Police have confirmed. The 36-year-old was ejected from the car after it collided with a power pole on Faraday Street at around 3:30am on Monday morning. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The 36-year-old woman who was driving the vehicle at the […]
Mon Aug 28, 2023 - 5:15pmAfter allegedly stealing more than 20 new chainsaws worth of $30,000 from a Hobart store in July, two men have been charged. A 40-year-old Ravenswood man and a 36-year-old Gagebrook man are believed to have broken into McDougalls Power Equipment on Brisbane Street in the early hours of Friday July 1. The pair, described as “pleasant […]
Mon Aug 28, 2023 - 2:50pmA 16-year-old Tasmanian teenager has been charged with multiple offences after allegedly assaulting a young man and a good samaritan who tried to intervene. The teenager was apart of a group of six youths who reportedly assaulted the young man in a carpark on Launceston’s Hobart Road last week. Police say a witness who tried to […]
Mon Aug 28, 2023 - 10:10amA reward has been put up for information that can help the New Norfolk Junior Football Club reunite with their beloved mascot, Eddie the Eagle. The mascot was stolen from the Tynwald Park sportsground last week, along with a TV, iPads and canteen stock – the second significant burglary at the park in recent months. […]
Sat Aug 26, 2023 - 7:00amA Gold Coast woman has been sentenced to up to 15 years in a Tasmanian jail for her involvement in the state’s most extensive drug trafficking operation. Jacqueline Pauline Fiala pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in 26kg of methylamphetamine worth up to $26 million from Queensland. Between November 2019 and May 2021, Fiala also […]
Sat Aug 26, 2023 - 5:00amA Tasmanian woman who was caught by Police twice in one night, first for speeding and then for drink driving, has been disqualified for two years. The 46-year-old woman from Liffey was stopped on Bass Highway around 6:20pm on Wednesday after speeding past officers at 131km/h in a 110km/h zone. Inspector Michael Johnston from Central […]
Thu Aug 24, 2023 - 9:28amAn American motorcyclist who was killed while taking part in the British Motorcycle Club of Tasmania’s annual Tassie Tour rally on the East Coast last year was “travelling too fast”, a coroner has found. 70-year-old construction company chairman Steve Dishman was visiting the state from Houston when the incident occurred in late March 2022. An experienced motorcycle rider, Dishman […]
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