Scooter Crash – George Town Road, Newnham
At approximately 8:55pm on Monday the 23rd August 2022 police and emergency services were informed of a crash involving a scooter on George Town Road, Newnham. Emergency Services attended the crash scene a short time later. The 37 year old rider was transported to Hospital by Ambulance Tasmania in what appeared to be a…
High Range Drink Driver
Police have today charged a 43-year-old woman from Kindred with high range drink driving after she was detected driving over four times the legal alcohol limit. Approximately 1pm police intercepted a vehicle driving north on Kindred Road at Forth. The driver was found to be a disqualified driver who returned a high range roadside test…
Disturbance at Austin Place, Sheffield
At approximately 8.30pm on Saturday 20 August 2022, police from Latrobe, Devonport and Ulverstone attended to a report of a disturbance in Austin Place, Sheffield. Information was received that a person had been injured during an altercation between two men. Ambulance Tasmania also attended. Three people were arrested at the scene and taken to Devonport…
New Norfolk business fire
At about 5:20pm on Saturday 20 august 2022, police and fire services were called to a business on Circle Street, New Norfolk. On arrival, one business was ablaze and adjacent businesses have sustained significant damage. Multiple units from Tasmania Fire Service attended and extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire is undetermined at this…
Car Jacking – Trevallyn
About 130pm on Saturday 20 August 2022 a 27 year old Summerhill man was in the Freeland’s Reserve off Bald Hill Road in Trevallyn. The man was sitting in his 2002 Nissan Patrol. A vehicle approached and blocked the male in. Two men from that vehicle approached and struck the male through the window of…
ATV crash, Nabageena
At 1:17pm on 20 August, Smithton Police and Ambulance Tasmania were called to attend a crash on private property at Maguires Road, Nabageena. Five Circular Head girls were riding a Polaris side-by-side ATV. The driver hit uneven ground causing the centre passenger’s foot to hit the pedals, and the driver to lose control. The vehicle…
Overnight incidents – stolen cars and burglaries
Tasmania Police is seeking assistance relating to a series of offences committed between Hobart and Devonport overnight. Two Mercedes GLC250 SUVs were stolen from a Hobart address and involved in several incidents in the early hours of Saturday 20th August. The vehicles were used to gain entry to businesses at Deloraine, Sassafras and East Devonport.…
Serious Single Vehicle Crash – Grass Tree Hill Road Richmond
At approximately 8.55pm on Friday 19 August 2022, a red Toyota utility was involved in a single-vehicle crash on Grass Tree Hill Road, Richmond. The driver and sole occupant was travelling north on Grass Tree Hill Road when the vehicle appears to have crossed to the incorrect side colliding with a tree. The driver was…
Overnight burglaries
Tasmania Police is seeking assistance relating to several offences committed between Hobart and Devonport overnight. A blue Mercedes GLC250 SUV was stolen from a Hobart address and involved in several incidents at Deloraine, East Devonport and Sassafras in the early hours of Saturday 20th August. Anyone with any information is encouraged to call police on…
ID sought – incident at Devonport cinema
Police are seeking the identity of a man wanted for questioning over an incident that reportedly occurred at Reading Cinema in Devonport tonight. Anyone who was in the cinema at approximately 9:00pm on 19 August 2022 and can identify the man, or can provide any additional information, is asked to call Devonport police on 1331…