Serious Motorcycle Crash, Scott Rd, Bridgewater
Approximately 6:00pm on Monday 16 January 2023, police and Ambulance Tasmania attended a single vehicle motorcycle crash on Scott Road, Bridgewater. Police allege that a 42-year-old Bridgewater man was riding a motorcycle on Scott Rd, Bridgewater when he collided with an electrical transformer box and light pole. No one else was involved in the crash.…
Deliberately lit structure fire – Devines Road, Glenorchy
Shortly before 5:00am on Sunday 15 January 2023, emergency services responded to a structure fire at a unit on Devines Road, Glenorchy. Emergency services arrived to find the fire contained to a single unit. Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) members quickly extinguished the fire, however the property suffered significant internal damage. The occupant of the unit…
Fatal Single Vehicle Crash at Henty Road, Strahan
Sadly, a 35 year-old woman has died following a single vehicle crash on Henty Road, Strahan approximately 500 metres south of the Henty River. Police and emergency services were called to the scene about 4:30pm on Saturday 14th January. Initial inquiries indicate the woman was travelling South on Henty Road in a blue 2012 Nissan…
Police seek information to identify offenders who graffitied Newnham Police Station
Police are seeking public information to identify two youths who used spray paint to mark walls of the Newnham Police Station with various words and images in the early hours on Sunday 8 January. The two youths are believed to have walked down George Town Road, Torrens Street, Hargrave Crescent, Mayfield Street and the Eyre…
Two people charged following aggravated burglary
Police have charged two people in relation to an aggravated burglary in Sandy Bay yesterday. In the early hours of the morning, an occupant in a private residence in Sandy Bay disturbed a male offender inside the residence. The man fled the residence with a quantity of stolen property. The occupant was not physically injured. …
Former police officer charged
A 43-year-old woman from southern Tasmania is due to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court on 10 March 2023 to answer the following charges: Perverting Justice Unauthorised access to a computer Possess a controlled drug Fraud The offences are alleged to have been committed in the greater Hobart area between June 2021 and April 2022…
Police Highway Patrol detect two drivers speeding in road-work areas on Midland Highway
Police are urging motorists to slow down and obey road-work speed zones after two drivers were detected speeding on the Midland Highway. At 11:20am yesterday, members of Road Policing Services detected a driver speeding at 88km/h in the signed 40km/h road-work zone at Midland Highway at Ross. Road workers were actively working in the area…
Three men now charged with Murder in relation to Granton death
Police have charged two additional men with Murder in relation to the death of 26-year-old Nicholas Scott in Granton on 3 January. A 44-year-old man from Moonah and 21-year-old man from Collinsvale have both been charged with Murder and will appear before the Hobart Magistrates Court today. The police investigation is ongoing in relation to…
Single Vehicle Crash, Garden Island Creek
Around 3.40pm on Thursday 5 January 2023, Emergency Services were called to attend the report of a single vehicle crash involving a white Volvo SUV on the Channel Highway between Verona Sands and Garden Island Creek. The front seat passenger in the vehicle, a 56 year-old woman from North Hobart, was cut from the vehicle…
Christmas Day motor vehicle burglaries – Springfarm Estate, Kingston
An 18 year old male has been charged and will appear in court today over multiple motor vehicle burglaries committed in Springfarm Estate, Kingston on Christmas Day. It is alleged the man, along with a female youth accomplice, stole property from a number of vehicles in the Estate. Tasmania Police works to help people protect…