Two people charged over 2009 murder of Shane Barker
Following an extensive investigation spanning more than a decade, Tasmania Police has today arrested and charged two people with the 2009 murder of 36 year old Campbell Town man Shane Geoffrey Barker. Mr Barker was last seen in Campbell Town in the state’s northern midlands in the early evening of 2 August 2009. His body…
Police investigating motorcycle crash on Crown Land near Mayfield
Police are investigating a motorcycle crash near Mayfield yesterday afternoon where a Mowbray man was seriously injured. Around 4.30pm a male motorbike rider crashed his motorbike on a Crown Land trail around 400metres off-road from Hargrave Crescent near Mayfield. The 35-year-old man was riding an unregistered Thumpster trail bike in a southerly direction on the…
19 people summonsed after police operation targeting $1 million firewood theft
Nineteen people will be summonsed to appear in court following a major joint operation between Tasmania Police and Parks and Wildlife Services targeting the theft of around $1 million worth of firewood in Southern Tasmania. The long-running operation was launched after Parks and Wildlife Services received information that there was large scale wood theft…
Two motorbike riders charged in Launceston for multiple offences
Police have charged two motorbike riders in Launceston after they were detected speeding on unregistered motorbikes under the influence of drugs. Around 5.15pm on Tuesday members of Northern Road & Public Order Services detected two motorbikes travelling together in excess of 160Kph, east-bound on the Bass Highway between Westbury and Launceston. A short time later…
Fatal Pedestrian Crash – Montrose Road, Montrose – 06/05/2020
A 62-year-old female Chinese National has died after being struck by a vehicle on Montrose Road, Montrose at approximately 4.45pm. The female was walking in an easterly direction on the side of Montrose Road with her husband when she was struck by an eastbound Silver Holden Vectra hatch. The crash has occurred after the driver,…
Police investigating suspicious house fire in Clarendon Vale
Police are investigating a suspicious fire in Clarendon Vale last night which destroyed a house. Around 8pm Tasmania Fire Service and Tasmania Police attended a fire at an unoccupied residence on Carslake Street. The residence was destroyed with damage estimated to be in excess of $250,000. The Tasmania Fire Service Fire Scene Examiner and Tasmania…
Request for Assistance: Movement of White Coloured Jeep Cherokee
Police are calling on anyone who may have seen a white coloured Jeep Cherokee late 1990s model being driven by a man with a woman seated in the front passenger seat yesterday (Friday 1 May 2020) in the following locations: Heading south on the Southern Outlet in the area of the Lea Turn off…
Outlaw motorcycle gang members charged with firearms offences
Police have charged two members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang with firearms offences. A 53 year old man was charged following a vehicle intercept at West Moonah in the early hours of yesterday morning. A search of the man’s vehicle, and subsequent search of a residential address, resulted in a quantity of drugs and…
Fourth person charged over Caveside Home Invasion
Launceston CIB have today interviewed and charged a fourth person over the aggravated burglary and stealing in Caveside last Sunday. A 32-year- old man from Rocherlea has been charged with committing the aggravated burglary and stealing. The man is also alleged to have used the complainant’s credit card to withdraw cash from an ATM in…
Yolla Man charged following a series of Wynyard Country Burglaries
Police have charged a Yolla man with nineteen offences following burglaries in the Wynyard community. Since late December 2019, the Wynyard community living in rural areas around Yolla and Elliot have been victim to a person allegedly breaking into houses and outbuildings in the early hours of the morning and stealing property. Approximately $40,000 worth…