Male Charged with Numerous Firewood Thefts
Detectives from Hobart CIB have today charged a 31 year old male from Berriedale with 6 counts of trespass and stealing as well a number of traffic offences relating to the theft of firewood from private residences in the greater Hobart area. The male has been bailed to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court on…
Fatal Crash | Lyell Highway | Lawitta
Sadly, an 89-year-old Hayes man has died, following a two vehicle collision which occurred on the Lyell Highway at Lawitta around 9.30am today. A white Ford van being driven by a 76-year-old man from Maydena, crossed to the incorrect side of the road when exiting a left hand curve. The van struck a white Hyundai Getz…
Cradle Mountain Rescue
A female hiker, who got separated from her walking party, on the Overland Track yesterday, was located by a parks ranger at about 2am this morning, in an area known as The Cirque. A search involving the parks ranger, two civilian volunteers, Police Search and Rescue personnel and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter had begun…
Man charged with Armed Robbery
Police have this morning charged a 25-year-old Bridgewater man with armed robbery after an incident at the Big Bargain Bottle Shop on Main Road at Claremont last night. It will be alleged that at 7:45pm on Monday evening, a man wearing a balaclava and a hooded jumper entered the bottle shop armed with a knife…
Motorist Warning Regarding Fuel Spills
Police are reminding motorists to secure all items on their vehicles following a serious fuel spill in Cambridge this morning which caused several crashes. At around 7am police were alerted to a serious fuel spill on Holyman Avenue at Cambridge which was causing vehicles to lose traction around the first roundabout near the BP service…
Blue Ribbon Cup | Memorial match played this Saturday.
An AFL match played in memory of two fallen police officers, will be hosted in Launceston tomorrow. Now in its 18th year, AFL teams Hawthorn and St Kilda have played off for Blue Ribbon Cup since 1999. This is only the third time Tasmania has hosted the match and the second consecutive year. The cup…
Two vehicle crash Tasman Highway, Orielton
Police and emergency services responded to a two vehicle crash on the Tasman Highway, near Black Charlies Opening, Orielton earlier this morning. A 33-year-old man from New South Wales was negotiating a series of bends when his white Toyota Camry sedan crossed into the other lane, and into the path of an unladen Mack fuel…
Rescue of Walker | Meander Valley Falls
A police and SES ground search and rescue party located a man at 3am this morning at Meander Valley Falls after he was missing for 12 hours. At 11.15am the couple left their vehicle in the Meander Valley Falls car park to go for a walk. The walk was expected to take about 2.5hours to…
Missing father and son rescued from Lake Pedder wilderness
A Hobart father and son missing in the Lake Pedder area have been found after a two-day air and land search. The pair constructed a makeshift shelter out of shrubs and ate food they had found that was left behind by other bush walkers. John Ward (42) and Stephen Ward (13) were found…
Woman Remains In Critical Condition With Burns
A 20-year-old woman remains in the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne receiving specialist treatment for burns to more than fifty percent of her body following an incident at a Chigwell house on Monday. The young woman remains in a critical condition in an induced coma. She will undergo surgery today and is expected to require medical…