Police have established a Forward Command Post at the Calliope Caravan Park as investigations into the suspicious death of two people continue.
Police were called to the Stowe Road complex around 5pm yesterday (Thursday, December 6) when a 63-year-old man was located outside his caravan with significant head injuries.
The man was transported to Gladstone Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Investigations by police lead them to a nearby caravan where the body of a 60-year-old woman was located inside her van with significant injuries.
Crime scenes have been declared at both caravan sites with Scientific and Scenes of Crime officers processing the areas and uniform and detectives canvassing the caravan park.
A police Investigation Centre has been established at the Gladstone Police Station with detectives from the Homicide Investigation Unit arriving today to assist local detectives.
Detective Inspector Darrin Shadlow, Crime Services, said the man and woman were known to each other and the deaths
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Update 3 – Wounding investigation – third man charged – Gympie
Gympie detectives investigating an alleged wounding incident that occurred at a Rifle Range Road property on November 28 have arrested and charged a third man over the incident.
A 27-year-old Gympie man has been charged with one count each of wounding, enter dwelling with intent, acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm, as well as two counts of robbery whilst armed with a dangerous weapon.
He has been denied police bail and is due to appear in the Gympie Magistrates Court tomorrow, Friday December 7.
A 21-year-old Chatsworth man and a 25-year-old Glastonbury man were both previously charged in relation to this incident.
A 24-year-old man had been transported to hospital with serious stab wounds following the alleged November 28 incident.
The 27-year-old man was arrested today at an address in Cootharaba Road where police also arrested two people on unrelated drug matters.
A 51-year-old man was charged with one count of supplying dangerous drugs and a
Appeal for witnesses / dashcam – traffic crash, Slacks Creek
Police investigating a three vehicle crash that occurred on the Pacific Motorway at Slacks Creek (it was also referred to as Tanah Merah) this afternoon are appealing for witnesses.
The three car nose to tail collision occurred around 3.30pm in the northbound lanes and resulted in three people being transported to hospital.
A 17-year-old woman from Waterford, the driver of one of the vehicles, received serious injuries and was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Two boys in her vehicle – a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old were also injured and transported to Queensland Children’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
All three were trapped for a period of time before being extracted from the vehicle and transported to hospital.
A 38-year-old woman from Waterford, also a passenger in the vehicle was not seriously injured.
The drivers of the two other vehicles – a 37-year-old man from Slacks Creek and a 35-year-old man from Eagleby were not injured.
Investigators
Suspicious death, Calliope
Police are investigating the deaths of two people at Calliope.
Around 5.00pm today, police were called to a Calliope caravan park where they located the two bodies.
A crime scene has been declared as detectives work to determine the causes of death and to confirm the identities of the deceased.
There is no further information available at this time.
Update: Fatal traffic crash, Caloundra
Police investigating the death of a cyclist at Caloundra last month have today charged a 43-year-old man with dangerous driving.
It will be alleged a utility collided with a bicycle on Caloundra Road around 6am on November 5.
The cyclist, a 44-year old man from Little Mountain, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Officers from the Forensic Crash Unit today charged a 43-year-old Warana man with one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and drug driving.
He is due to appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on January 14.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.
Quote this reference number: QP1802060006
QPS and RACQ unite to prevent motorcycle theft in Brisbane City
Today, the Queensland Police Service and RACQ launched a joint initiative to help prevent motorcycles being stolen.
Between 2012 and 2017, 232 motorcycles were stolen within Brisbane alone; 96% of those motorcycles stolen were not fitted with a security device.
The Stop Stolen Motorcycles initiative aims to provide awareness to riders on current security options available to them and crime prevention strategies they can implement to protect their motorcycles from being stolen.
On average only 48% of the stolen motorcycles from the Brisbane area were partially recovered.
In a lot of instances the stolen motorcycles were taken apart and stolen for their parts.
Together, the Brisbane City District Crime Prevention Unit and RACQ will incorporate educational material and a social media presence to remind riders to take security precautions.
Of the 232 motorbikes reported stolen over the six-year period, 116 (50%) were taken from parking bays, 108 (47%) were taken from a residence and eight (3%)
QPS fixes banning notice error
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has resolved a technical issue which impacted some banning notice information.
The QPS is responsible for the transfer of banned person data to the ID scanner network introduced for relevant premises in Safe Night Precincts.
Ongoing monitoring of data quality identified on November 8 that some banning orders had prematurely expired on a QPS system.
The issue has since been fixed and no further instances of premature expiry of banning notice data have occurred.
As of December 5 there are 857 active banning notices on the QPS system.
A QPS analysis has revealed that banned person information for 116 people had prematurely expired between September 29 and November 22.
Of those 116 people, two were detected within an SNP (not within licensed premises) for offences during the period in which they were banned.
The initial offences related to public nuisance and obstruct police in one instance and stealing in the other matter.
Those
Inappropriate behaviour, Riverhills
Police are investigating after an 18-year-old woman was approached twice last month in the Riverhills area by a man acting inappropriately.
At around 7.45am between November 13 and 15 the woman was walking along Tigress Street when the man approached her from behind and initiated conversation.
The man eventually left as the woman moved away and crossed over to Horizon Drive.
On November 29 at approximately 7.45am the man approached the woman again as she walked the same route and started a conversation with her, the nature of which was inappropriate.
The woman declined to speak further with the man and walked away. The man then left the scene along Sumners Road.
Police have concerns regarding the man’s behaviour and have released a computer generated image of a person they wish to speak to in relation to the incidents as well as a CCTV still of a vehicle of interest.
The man is described as Asian,
Serious traffic crash, Newstead
Police are investigating a serious traffic crash that occurred in Newstead earlier today.
At 5.30pm, a motorcycle was travelling on Breakfast Creek Road when it struck a gutter and the rider was thrown into a traffic light pole.
The 27-year-old man was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a critical condition and his injures are believed to be life threatening.
No other vehicles were involved in the incident.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating and are appealing to anyone who was travelling in the area and may have dash cam to contact police.
Investigations are continuing.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.
Quote this reference number: QP1802280655
Update 2: Wounding investigation, Gympie
Gympie detectives investigating an incident that occurred at Rifle Range Road Gympie on the 28th of November 2018 have arrested and charged a 21 year old male from Chatsworth.
The male has been charged with one count each of wounding, enter dwelling with intent, acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm, possession of a weapon, unlicensed driving, fail to dispose of a syringe and evade Police, as well as two counts of robbery whilst armed with a dangerous weapon.
The male will appear at Gympie Magistrates Court on the 6th of December 2018.
Investigations are ongoing and detectives are still seeking another 27 year old male believed to be involved in the offence. The male is described as approximately 165cm tall, of a small build, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Detectives continue to search for a silver 2009 Holden Commodore utility with Queensland registration 807-TGS, believed to be involved in this incident.
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