A 37-year-old woman will front the Hobart Magistrates Court after she allegedly stabbed a 14-year-old boy in the Rosny Bus Mall on Saturday. Police say the 14-year-old underwent surgery for the upper-body injuries and is recovering at the Royal Hobart Hospital after the altercation. The woman, who was known to the victim, has been charged […]
Sun Oct 8, 2023 - 7:00amA 42-year-old man has been extradited from NSW to Tasmania by Sex Crime Squad Detectives this week. Police say the crimes relate to historical sexual crimes against children alleged to have occurred in Tasmania between 2002 and 2005. The man was scheduled to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court on Friday evening.
Sat Oct 7, 2023 - 4:00amAn independent review will be conducted into the conduct of the late Senior Sergeant Paul Reynolds, following revelations that Tasmania Police had been aware of pedophilia allegations against him for a decade before giving him a full police funeral. Senior Sergeant Reynolds died by suicide in 2018 while the allegations were being investigated, but was […]
Fri Oct 6, 2023 - 11:30pmAn 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 […]
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