Structure Fire – Groom Street, St Marys
Structure fire on Groom Street, St Marys. At 01:00am on Thursday 16th April 2015 Tasmania Police and Tasmania Fire Service were called to attend a structure fire at a property on Groom Street, St Marys. Upon arrival, services found that the large wooden shed was engulfed in flames and the entire structure was alight. The…
New Recruit Course inducted
New Recruit course 1/2015 inducted Tasmania Police welcomed 22 new recruits to the ranks in a ceremony at the Police Academy yesterday. Twenty-two successful applicants were inducted and began their recruit training. Among the 20 who will complete the full 28 weeks training at the Academy are; Carmen Duthoit, a Spanish speaking Forensic Biologist and Samuel…
Missing Fisherman – South Coast
At approximately 2.40pm today the Westpac Police Rescue Helicopter was tasked to attend the South Coast in the vicinity of Red Cape for an emergency beacon. The helicopter arrived on scene and located a male diver stranded on remote rocks. The diver was retrieved from the location. It was established that the male had been…
Concern for Welfare – Missing Person – Neville Austin
Missing Person, Neville Charles AUSTIN, 70 yrs, of Wynyard Police are concerned for the health and welfare of Neville Charles AUSTIN, 70 yrs, of Wynyard who was last seen by his family mid-afternoon on Monday 13th April when he left his home to travel to Somerset. Neville was driving his 1995 Bronze Ford Falcon Sedan…
Arson – Upper Montrose Road – Information required
Arson – Upper Montrose Road – Information Required Detectives from Glenorchy CIB investigating a house fire at the end of Upper Montrose Road (near the entrance to Wellington Park) are hoping you can assist with some information. The fire occurred at approximately 8.30pm on Thursday 17th March 2015 and investigations to date, have determined it…
Protestors arrested outside pregnancy termination centre.
PROTESTORS ARRESTED OUTSIDE PREGNANCY TERMINATION CENTRE. On Tuesday 14th March 2015, police were called to a report of protest activity outside the Pregnancy Termination Centre in Victoria Street, Hobart. The centre is a licenced day procedure clinic operating under Specialist Gynaecology Centres. Police arrived about 8.30am and met with a small group of protestors outside…
Injured Lost walker Mt Owen
Injured Walker Mt Owen, Queenstown A 22 year old Queenstown man was rescued by the Westpac Police Rescue Helicopter at approximately 5:30am this morning having spent the night lost on Mt Owen, east of Queenstown. The man had set off late yesterday afternoon and contacted his family via SMS before his phone battery went flat…
Final Investigation Update – Deaths at Wilmot
Police report that the post mortems of both deceased have been completed and findings are consistent with the police investigation. Detective Inspector Kim Steven stated; “The findings of the post mortems are consistent with what we believed occurred at the property late last week, we have now concluded our investigation at the scene and will…
Series of overnight homes burglaries – Lindisfarne
In the early hours of Sunday the 12th of April 2015, a number of homes were entered by an unknown offender. Various amounts of portable property (laptops, iPad, mobile phones) and cash were stolen. At the time the occupants were asleep in their houses with two of the properties having unlocked doors which the offender…
Hobart International Airport website incident
Tasmania Police were notified at 5.30am this morning that the Hobart Airport website had been hacked and defaced. A message placed on the site contained a statement supporting ISIS. The group claiming responsibility for the hacking appear to non-discriminately target organisations who use web hosts such as the one used by Hobart International Airport. Investigations…