Woman charged with Mowbray Charity Shop fire
Police have charged a Newnham woman with deliberately setting fire to a Mowbray Charity Shop on 18 April. The 34-year-old woman will appear before the Launceston Magistrates Court this afternoon charged with: Unlawfully Setting Fire to Property – relating to Charity Shop fire on Invermay Road which caused around $20,000 damage. Causing a Fire with…
Vehicle Evade Police Brooker Highway
On Thursday 19th April 2018 approximately 10:55am police attempted to intercept a blue Toyota Yaris on Brooker Highway, New Town, in relation to a criminal offence. The vehicle failed to stop for police and was later located abandoned in the car park at Risdon Brook Dam. Multiple police resources attended the area in an attempt…
Police investigate deliberately lit fire in Mowbray
Police are investigating a deliberately lit fire at the Charity Shop on Invermay Road, Mowbray overnight which caused around $20,000 damage. CCTV footage shows a woman leaving the scene in a Mitsubishi Lancer sedan, heading south on Invermay Road. Anyone with information in relation to the fire is asked to contact Launceston CIB on 131…
Suspicious fire at Chichester Drive, Devonport
Police are investigating a deliberately lit fire in Chichester Drive, Devonport, on Tuesday evening. Around 10pm last night, Tasmania Police and Tasmania Fire Service were called to a reported fire at a unit in Chichester Drive, Devonport. However, the fire was extinguished before they arrived. Subsequent examinations have determined the fire to be deliberately lit.…
Man charged with wounding in Mowbray
Launceston CIB has charged a 30-year-old man with wounding following an incident at the Mowbray Target Store on Monday afternoon. The victim, who is known to the offender, received non-life threatening injuries to her neck, hands and stomach during the assault. Police will allege that a small knife was used in the assault. The man…
Charges Laid Following Taxi Driver Assault
Police have today charged two men with Aggravated Armed Robbery and Attempted Aggravated Armed Robbery following an assault on a taxi driver in Rocherlea on 13 April. An 18-year-old Rocherlea man and a 21-year-old Mayfield man were both detained to appear before an out-of-hours court tonight. The taxi driver received injuries during the incident after…
Police urge motorcyclists to ride responsibly
Police are urging motorcyclists to ride responsibly and take accountability for their own safety following five fatal motorcycle crashes this year (total 12 fatalities). Causative factors for these crashes included speed, inattentiveness, drugs and alcohol. “We should not accept that road fatalities are inevitable, especially when many deaths and serious injuries on our roads are…
Two people in police custody following Eastern Shore evade incident
Two people are in police custody being questioned following an evade police incident in Rokeby this morning. Around 9am, police attempted to intercept a stolen white 2015 Holden Commodore SSV being driven on the South Arm Highway. The vehicle evaded police and sped from the area. Police deployed road spikes and intercepted the vehicle a…
Missing Man Trevor Foster Formally Identified
Police can confirm the body recovered on the banks of Meadowbank Lake on 21 March has been formally identified as Mr Trevor Foster who went missing from his Ouse property during a flood event on 6 June 2016. Police have been in contact with Mr Foster’s family and our thoughts and condolences are with them.
Major traffic operation in Launceston targets drink and drug drivers
A major traffic operation targeting drink and drug drivers was held in Launceston today. Senior Sergeant Nick Clark said that a number of static and mobile random breath testing sites were positioned at various locations near Launceston as part of the operation. Between 10am-1pm, Police conducted 1000 random breath tests and 20…