Police investigate structure fire at Brighton
Police are investigating a structure fire which completely destroyed a Brighton residence early this morning. Around 4.30am, Tasmania Fire Service and Tasmania Police responded to the fire on Creed Court where the residence was fully engulfed. The three residents and family pets escaped the residence uninjured. A 28-year-old Brighton woman was taken into protective custody…
Dog attack – Mudwalls Road, Colebrook
Police responded to a call for assistance after a woman received significant injuries after being bitten by a dog at a Colebrook property on Sunday night. A woman was bitten by the family’s pit bull at the Mudwalls Road property about 10:30pm. Ambulance Tasmania paramedics were unable to provide medical assistance to the woman until…
Fatal Crash Bass Highway, Deloraine
Sadly, a 57 year old southern Tasmanian man has died after a crash between a green Hyundai Sedan and a truck in the state’s north. Police were called to a two vehicle crash on the Bass Highway near the Ashley Youth Detention Centre, Deloraine about 11am today. Initial investigations indicate the sedan was travelling towards…
Man charged following Blackmans Bay burglary
Detectives from the Hobart Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a 34 year old Herdsmans Cove man with aggravated burglary and stealing after allegedly stealing a safe from a Blackmans Bay Home last Saturday night. Police allege the man entered the residence at Blackmans Bay and stole a safe containing a quantity of property, valued in…
Two vehicle crash at Bass Highway, Hellyer, on Saturday 16/6/2018
At 10.40pm pm on Saturday 16/6/2018 Tasmania Police, Fire Service, SES and Ambulance Service attended a two vehicle crash on the Bass Highway, Hellyer, 300m west of the Hellyer township. The crash involved a Toyota Corolla sedan, driven by a 24 year old Smithton man who was travelling west, and a Toyota Commuter light bus,…
Police request for assistance – altercation in Tamar Street, Launceston
Police are investigating an incident that occurred on Tamar Street, Launceston, at about 1:15am on Sunday 17 June 2018. Information has been received that a man was involved in an altercation with three other men, outside the Launceston Showgirls Gentleman’s Club in Tamar Street. Police enquiries conducted thus far suggest that “pepper” spray or similar…
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH INTO DAM – BOYER ROAD, DROMEDARY
Approximately 9.20pm on 15 June 2018, police were called to a single motor vehicle crash off Boyer Road, east of Pegasus Drive intersection. Witnesses reported a vehicle had run off Boyer Road into a dam. Witnesses were unable to confirm if there were people trapped inside the vehicle. On police arrival the vehicle was completely…
Call for witnesses following alleged assault on female teenager
Police are calling for witnesses following an incident where a female teenager was allegedly assaulted in Cygnet last night. About 5:30pm on Thursday 14 June, the female was allegedly assaulted in the vicinity of Charles and Fitzpatrick Streets, Cygnet, while walking home. She received minor injuries during the incident. Police are appealing for…
Police recruits doing their bit to save lives
Tomorrow, as part of the Red25 Emergency Services Blood Challenge and International Missing Types Day, Tasmania Police’s newest recruits will help save lives in a different way, through donating blood. Acknowledging the importance of blood donations, especially in a critical mid-winter month, the group of 18 will be donating together at the Hobart Donor Centre.…
Call for information following significant Huonville burglary
Kingston CIB is calling for witnesses following a significant burglary and stealing in the Huonville area over the long weekend. Sometime over the Queen’s birthday long weekend (8-11June), a workshop on a rural property in Morrison’s Road, Huonville was unlawfully entered and a large amount of property worth around $30,000 was stolen. A…