Tasmania joins national Facebook AMBER Alert rollout
Tasmania has joined a national rollout of the Facebook AMBER Alert child abduction system, which provides police with an immediate, targeted response to broadcasting a child abduction. Under the system, police are able to issue an alert through a 24-hour service where Facebook users in the specific geographic location will be notified via their…
Structure Fire In West Moonah – Request For Public Assistance
Police are seeking assistance from the public in relation to a vacant house in Fourth Avenue, West Moonah that was destroyed by fire. At 9.20pm on the 21st June 2017 Police and Fire crews attended the property that was well alight. The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time but police are treating…
Man Charged With Devonport Dangerous Driving
Police this morning charged a Somerset man after two Dangerous Driving incidents in the Devonport area this week. A light brown coloured Ford Falcon sedan driven in the Dangerous Driving incident at Devonport on Monday night was located this morning after the driver committed another act of Dangerous Driving. The 31-year-old man has been charged…
Woman charged over robbery and stealing
A 25 year old Ravenswood woman has been charged with stealing and robbery following a number of incidents in Launceston CBD and surrounding areas. The arrest of the woman on Sunday 18 June by Launceston Uniform members related to a number of stealing from businesses which occurred within the Launceston CBD and surrounding areas…
Man Charged With Grievous Bodily Harm
Following a lengthy investigation, police have today charged a Burnie man with two counts of causing grievous bodily harm at the Burnie Dogs’ Home late last year. On 30 November 2016, two men received life-threatening stab wounds during an incident at the Burnie Dogs’ Home. Both men were flown to Royal Hobart Hospital, underwent emergency…
Tasmania to participate in National Firearms Amnesty
Tasmania is participating in a National Firearms Amnesty from 1 July to 30 September, complementing the permanent firearms amnesty that has been in place in Tasmania since 1997. During the period of the national amnesty Tasmania Police will conduct additional mobile firearms amnesties around the state. Tasmania Police Assistant Commissioner Richard Cowling said:…
Charges laid over Elizabeth St Robbery
Police have charged a female youth with one count of Robbery relating to an incident in Hobart’s Elizabeth Street Mall earlier this week. The youth will be charged under the provision of the Youth Justice Act. Police would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the robbery, which took place in…
Armed Robbery – 9/11 Bottleshop Lutana – image released.
Detectives investigating the armed robbery released an image from CCTV of a person of interest. While identity of the person may not be possible from the image, police are asking if anyone knows someone who wore the hooded zip top yesterday. Anyone with information relating to the incident or the garment is asked to contact…
Armed Robbery – Brooker Highway Bottleshop, Lutana.
Glenorchy police are today conducting searches for an offender who threatened a bottleshop employee with a firearm yesterday evening. Approximately 8:00pm the male offender entered the bottleshop and proceeded to make threats, forcing the employee to extract money from the tills for him. The offender is described as about 170 cm tall of medium to…
Burns Victim- Update
Nicole Evans remains in a secure room in a Victorian Hospital where she continues to be treated for full thickness burns to 65% of her body. Nicole’s condition has shown a slight improvement lapsing in and out of consciousness. Nicole is still unable to communicate and cannot receive visitors at this time. The next of…