Police continue to investigate Bridgewater shooting
Investigations are continuing into a shooting in Albion Road, Bridgewater, on Thursday 13 December 2018 at 7.30 pm. A 26 year old man was shot in the lower body in what police describe as a targeted attack by someone known to him. The man was taken to hospital where he underwent surgery this…
Search Ongoing For Missing Person – John Thomas Norrish
Police are renewing their call for public information as they continue to search for missing 52-year-old St Helens man, John Thomas Norrish. John was last seen in the St Helens area on Monday, 26 November. On Wednesday 12 December a large scale air and land search was conducted in the greater St Helens area, including…
Police Investigating Aggravated Armed Robbery At Dominos Pizza, Devonport
Police are investigating an aggravated armed robbery at Dominos Pizza in Devonport last night where a female staff member received a non-life threatening stab wound. Around 10.35pm two women entered the pizza store on the corner of William and Best Streets armed with a knife and stole the till from the cash register. The 21-year-old…
Man Shot – Albion Road, Bridgewater
At 7.30 pm Thursday 13 December 2018 a 26 year old man was shot by the occupant of a car in Albion Road, Bridgewater. The man was walking or riding a bike at the time. The man was taken to hospital and his injuries are not considered life threatening. The man is conscious and known…
Police investigating disturbance at Howrah property
Police are investigating a disturbance at a Howrah property this morning where a man received a deep hand laceration and another was taken into custody. Around 11:20am police responded to a report of a disturbance occurring at a residence on Buckingham Drive, off the South Arm Highway. Attending police determined there had been an altercation…
Missing Person – Susan Ann Deuchar
Police and family are concerned for the welfare of Queenstown woman, Mrs Susan Ann Deuchar, who has not been seen or spoken to since around midday on Monday 10 December. Mrs Deuchar is 72-years-old and may be driving her 2013 white Hyundai i20, registration number E54QV. It is believed she may have intended to travel…
Recreational fishers rescued from water in St Helens
A father and son from Ravenswood were rescued from the water this morning after their vessel capsized off Akaroa, near St Helens. Around 6am the 47 and 69 year old men were retrieving cray pots in the area of St Helens Rocks when their 5.18 metre aluminium vessel was swamped by a wave over the…
Supplementary media release – taxi robbery in Grove Road, Glenorchy
A taxi driver was robbed of money and goods after being punched in the face in Grove Road, Glenorchy, in the early hours of Monday morning. Detective Inspector Craig Joel said: ‘An 18 year old youth has been charged with aggravated robbery of the taxi driver’. The teenager will appear in the Hobart Magistrate’s Court…
Arrest of Family Violence Perpetrator fitted with Electronic Monitoring Device
Following the commencement of a pilot phase for the electronic monitoring of high risk family violence perpetrators in the south of the state, a number of perpetrators have been ordered by the Hobart Magistrates Court to be fitted with an electronic monitoring device. These orders are additional conditions to family violence orders issued by the…
Pair charged over Trevallyn incident
A 24 year old man and a 40 year old woman have been charged over the siege in New World Avenue, Trevallyn. The pair has been charged with a number of crimes relating to incidents within Launceston last week, namely Grievous Bodily Harm (shooting) at 33 New World Avenue, Trevallyn, on Wednesday 5 December…