Earlier today at the Eatons Hill Function Centre, RizeUp Australia held its annual High Tea fundraiser which saw 350 attendees raise in excess of $10,000 to support the many families affected by domestic and family violence. The funds raised support the work of RizeUp including with the costs of all the incidentals and necessities such […]
Category: Queensland Police News – Brisbane North
Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle charge, Herston
Police have charged a man with a number of offences after he allegedly evaded police in Herston last night. Police will allege a red Holden Commodore collided head-on with a white Holden Malibu sedan that was travelling east along Herston Road after failing to stop for police. The teenage driver of the Commodore was arrested […]
Update 3: Factory fire, Virginia
An emergency situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act in Virginia has been revoked following a large factory fire this afternoon. Initial inquiries suggest around 3.30pm police and emergency services attended a large fire that had broken out in an industrial building on Pritchard Road. An emergency situation was declared and an exclusion zone was […]
Attempted robbery, Aspley
Police are investigating the attempted robbery of a taxi driver in Aspley last night. Around 8:45pm, the 38-year-old male driver attended an address on Robinson Road West to pick up a fare with two passengers. On arrival, he exited the vehicle to put up the third row of seats and while adjusting the seat, one […]
LGBTI officers march proudly in uniform for third year running
Commissioner Ian Stewart will be on hand at today’s Brisbane Pride rally and march to wave off the Queensland Police contingent. Around 30 officers and staff will proudly march in their uniforms for the third year in a row, after the Commissioner made the historic decision to allow it in 2015. Deputy Commissioner Peter Martin […]
Serious traffic crash, Enoggera
A motorcyclist has been seriously injured following a traffic crash at Enoggera this morning. Preliminary investigations suggest the 23-year-old Everton Hills man was travelling southbound along Samford Road on his motorcycle when he struck a gutter and lost control around 2.15am. The rider sustained significant head injuries as a result of the crash and was […]
Burglary, Everton Hills
Detectives are investigating after a vehicle was stolen from Everton Hills overnight. Initial information suggests that at 10.40pm, three men were seen on the driveway of a residence on Olearia Street. A man who lived at the house has confronted the trio and was threatened by one of the men with a knife and chased […]
Update: Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, Fitzgibbon
A man has been charged following investigations into an alleged dangerous operation of a motor vehicle in Fitzgibbon last month.
It will be alleged around 12.20pm on Thursday, August 24 the driver of a vehicle evaded a Random Breath Test site on Linkfield Road.
Police will further allege when the driver of vehicle tried to avoid being tested, it travelled towards a male officer forcing him to jump out of the car’s path.
The officer was not physically injured during the incident.
Police located the car abandoned just before 1pm on Highbridge Circuit in Carseldine.
An 18-year-old Ftizgibbon man has been charged with one count each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, driving whilst disqualified, driving whilst unregistered/uninsured and fail to stop for prescribed purpose.
He is expected to appear in the Sandgate Magistrates Court on September 25.
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Update dangerous operation charges, Carseldine
Detectives have charged a man following a police pursuit that occurred in Carseldine overnight.
At 9.15pm, officers were called after a stolen vehicle was allegedly seen driving erratically on the Houghton Highway at Redcliffe.
Police have been able to deflate the tyres and it will be further alleged that the driver lost control of the car before crashing into a tree on Gympie Road in Carseldine.
A 25-year-old Redcliffe man has been charged with three counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and one count each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, robbery, assault occasioning bodily harm and deprivation of liberty.
The man has extra charges following a previous alleged assault at sporting fields at Dakabin on August 1.
He is due to appear in the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on September 4.
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QPS RizeUp for High Tea
Sgt Kelly Bright and the Honourable Shannon Fentiman MP
Earlier today at the Eatons Hill Function Centre, RizeUp Australia held its annual High Tea fundraiser which saw 350 attendees raise in excess of $10,000 to support the many families affected by domestic and family violence.
The funds raised support the work of RizeUp including with the costs of all the incidentals and necessities such as truck hire, storage costs, linen, food and the like to ensure families who flee a violent household have a house that feels like a home and clothes on their backs.
The event, in its fourth year, was again hosted by one of the organisation’s patrons Shelley Craft with special guests, the Honourable Shannon Fentiman, Minister of Communities, Women and Youth, Child Safety and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and journalist Kay McGrath.
RizeUp Founder and CEO Nicolle Edwards facilitated a raw and engaging panel conversation about what