The New Norfolk Community Pantry have been left heart broken after becoming the latest target of the thieves in the Derwent Valley. The Community Pantry had vital operating equipment, stock and cash stolen on Wednesday night. President Samantha Sayers said the vital service has been left “unable to operate”. “Someone decided that they were more deserving of […]
Fri Sep 1, 2023 - 1:45pmA ‘planned search’ has landed a Penguin man in custody on several charges this afternoon. The 33-year-old was arrested after police uncovered a significant amount of methamphetamine at his home on Thursday. Alongside the drugs, cash, stolen property, a firearm and ammunition were also discovered. Police say the amount of methamphetamine seized would have put […]
Thu Aug 31, 2023 - 6:22pmA Devonport man who set fire to the Housing Tasmania unit he were living in has been sentenced to jail. Terrence Leigh Adams caused over $200,000 worth of damage to his property and a neighbouring unit in the early hours of the morning on 25 April 2020. In her remarks, Justice Tamara Jago dismissed Adams claim […]
Thu Aug 31, 2023 - 2:41pmA 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. […]
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