Detectives have arrested and charged a 43-year-old Eatons Hill man following an investigation into alleged indecent acts performed across a number of Brisbane suburbs over the last four years.
It will be alleged that the man was spotted masturbating in the vicinity of Truro Street in Windsor between many times between 2015 and 2019.
He has been charged with 27 counts of indecent acts and is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 11.
In addition, police are appealing for anyone who may have seen a man acting in a similar matter in Midmay Street in Fairfield, Boundary Street in West End and Gladstone Road in Highgate Hill.
The man described as Caucasian in appearance, of proportionate build, around 180 centimetres tall, and with brown hair and blue eyes.
As well, police would like to hear from anyone who may have seen a white 2013 Hyundai iLoad van (pictured) with ladders on
Category: Latest Queensland Police News – West Brisbane
Inner West police crime wrap, January 11-19
Break and Enter Dwelling
The total number of burglaries in the Inner West Patrol Group these past nine days was 10.
Offence locations:
Suburb
Street
Time
Entry Method
Property Stolen
Date
Everton Hills
Gazelle Street
Night
Bedroom window – SNEAK BURGLARY
Handbag, wallet and cash
11/01/2019
South Pine Road
Day
Rear door forced
Car keys
17/01/2019
Henderson Road
Day
Rear laundry door forced
Nil – Alarm sounded
17/01/2019
Lomatia Street
Early morning
Front door left unlocked – SNEAK BURGLARY
Debit cards, coins, beer – Offender disturbed
19/01/2019
Indooroopilly
Rutledge Street
Afternoon
Lifted roof tiles and entered via ceiling
Unknown at this stage
11/01/2019
The Gap
Pilton Place
Early morning
Rear garage window – SNEAK BURGLARY
Garage remote
12/01/2019
Arana Hills
Cawdor Street
Evening
Front screen door forced
Nil
12/01/2019
Kenmore
Strathspey Street
Overnight
Unknown – SNEAK BURGLARY
Lap top, cash, hand bag
12/01/2019 to 13/01/2019
Ferny Hills
Leawarra Crescent
Day
Garage door forced
Jewellery, sporting equipment, lap top, camera, GPS
16/01/2019
Chapel Hill
Neptune Street
Evening
Rear day left unlocked
Jewellery
16/01/2019
Steal from Premises
The total number of ‘steal from premises’ (businesses, schools, garages, etc) these past nine days was 10.
Offence locations:
Suburb
Street
Time
Type
Date
Toowong
Darley Street
Overnight
Garage
15/01/2019
Sherwood Road
Overnight
Shop
12/01/2019 to
13/01/2019
Sherwood Road
Overnight
Shop
12/01/2019 to
13/01/2019
Sherwood Road
Overnight
Shop
13/01/2019
Sherwood Road
Overnight
Shop
12/01/2019 to
13/01/2019
Sherwood Road
Overnight
Shop
13/01/2019
Sherwood Road
Overnight
Shop
11/01/2019 to
14/01/2019
Everton Park
McIlwraith Street
Evening
Garage
15/01/2019
Mitchelton
Samford Road
Unknown
Unit common area
03/01/2019 to
15/01/2019
Gaythorne
Pickering Street
Overnight
Café – ATTEMPT ONLY
17/01/2019 to
18/01/2019
Steal from
‘School Watch’ – Look, Listen, Report
With school holidays coming to an end, returning to school is always an exciting time for our students and community.
In the weeks prior to returning to school however, empty schools provide an opportunity for criminal activity – becoming targets for unlawful entry, arson, stealing, graffiti and property damage offences.
All of these have the potential to delay the new school year starting off.
The School Watch Program is a partnership between the Department of Education and the Queensland Police Service (Protective Services).
The program aims to reduce criminal activity in Queensland schools and encourages everyone to look out for after-hours crime in our schools.
If you see anything suspicious, please don’t attempt to intervene. Instead, call the School Watch number of 13 17 88. If you see a crime in progress, please call Triple Zero (000).
Let’s all work together to help create safer school communities and ensure children get off to a great new
Update – Sudden death, Kelvin Grove
Detectives are continuing to investigate after the body of a man was found at a residence in Kelvin Grove yesterday.
Officers were called to a unit on Hunter Street around 3pm after the body of a 33-year-old man was located by people known to him.
Investigators have interviewed a number of people and all efforts are being made to identify the exact events leading up to the death.
At this stage police are treating the death as suspicious.
A postmortem examination will assist with this process. A crime scene remains in place at Kelvin Grove with scenes of crime and forensic officers processing the scene.
An Investigation Centre has been established at the Brisbane City Criminal Investigation Branch as part of Operation Romeo Chariot.
Detective Acting Inspector Christopher Toohey from Brisbane City Criminal Investigation Branch is urging anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious in the vicinity of Hunter Street yesterday to contact police.
“We would urge
78 new officers sworn into service at Oxley graduation
Constable Ben Trezise leading his fellow new Constables.
Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services, the Honourable Mark Ryan MP and Commissioner Ian Stewart yesterday welcomed 78 new police officers to the Queensland Police Service (QPS), in an induction ceremony held at the QPS Academy, Oxley campus.
Graduating as First Year Constables (FYC), the new officers have completed 25 weeks of intensive training, preparing them for their new roles serving the community.
The recruit training program provides recruits with a high-quality foundation, so they can deliver an excellent level of service to the community and ensure their policing skills have developed to a level necessary for operational policing as First Year Constables under supervision.
Of the 78 officers sworn in yesterday, 14 are graduates of the fourth Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Recruit Preparatory Program.
This is a 10-week program targeting recruit applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to prepare them for the
Fraud charges, Chermside
Detectives from the North Brisbane Criminal Investigation Branch investigating allegations of fraud, forgery and falsifying records at a Chermside medical facility have charged a man.
It will be alleged between March and November last year the 50-year-old Carindale man accessed the records of four patients to obtain their name, address and health care information to write prescriptions for himself.
The man is then alleged to have filled the prescriptions on 17 separate occasions.
He has been charged with 17 counts of fraud, 17 counts of uttering, 16 counts of obtaining or detailing with identification, 16 counts of forgery and six counts of falsification of records.
The man is expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 20.
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
Update 4 – Bus assaults, North Brisbane
The man charged following investigations into two alleged assaults on Brisbane buses in December last year has been arrested in relation to two additional assaults.
It will be alleged a 16-year-old was assaulted in an unprovoked incident at Ashgrove and a 65-year-old woman attacked in a separate incident at Red Hill.
A 39-year-old Aspley man has been charged with one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm and serious assault.
He is due to appear in the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court tomorrow.
Investigators continue to appeal for anyone who may have been a victim of random or unprovoked assaults in Brisbane by a man and who has not already spoken to police, to please contact them.
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
PSPA declared, Kallangur
Police have made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety and Preservation Act in Kallangur.
The PSPA was declared shortly after midday after the execution of a search warrant at a residence uncovered what are believed to be explosive material.
The scene is still being rendered safe, as the nature of the potentially volatile substances located are continuing to be assessed by the Explosives Ordinance Response Team.
A section of Coppin Street West and Gardner Street West are closed bordering the intersections of Archer and Cliff streets.
Investigations are continuing.
There is no further information available at this stage.
A man is currently assisting police with their enquiries.
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.
Police charge man over romance scam
Police are issuing an urgent warning to the public following an investigation which has uncovered a disturbing development in romance and online scams.
Last night, the Queensland Police Service’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group charged a 32-year-old Durack man following an investigation sparked after a victim contacted police.
Operation Swift commenced following information received from a 34-year-old Brisbane woman who believed she had been dating an offender who had claimed to be a United States soldier.
It is alleged the victim befriended a man she believed to be a U.S Solider on a social media platform in October 2018. Over the course of the following months the victim was groomed into believing the stories provided by the criminal and formed an online romantic relationship.
The victim sent over $200,000 to the “U.S Soldier” via a series of transfers through a money transfer service.
“While this is becoming far too frequent, it is what came next
Inner West Police crime wrap – December 17 to January 6
Break and Enter Dwelling
The total number of burglaries in the Inner West Patrol Group these past three weeks was 32.
Offence locations –
Suburb
Street
Time
Entry Method
Property
Stolen
Date
Indooroopilly
Disraeli Street
Unknown
Side sliding door forced
Jewellery
24/12/2018 to 27/12/2018
Rennie Street
Day
Front glass door smashed
Jewellery, cash, car keys, wallets
28/12/2018
Almeida Street
Evening
Attempted entry to front door –
SNEAK BREAK
Nil, due to offender’s being disturbed
17/12/2018
Caladenia Street
Overnight
Attempted entry to laundry/toilet window
Nil
03/01/2019 to 04/01/2019
Tatong Street
Day
Front door forced
Unknown at this stage
24/12/2018
Witton Road
Day
Front door forced
Speaker
24/12/2018
Ashgrove
Vaux Street
Day
Forced entry to front french doors
Mobile phone, cash, jewellery, digital camera, alcohol, laptop
28/12/2018
Tennis Avenue
Afternoon
Attempted entry by forcing louvres
Nil – Offender disturbed and arrested
04/01/2019
Lansbury Parade
Afternoon
Balcony scaled – no entry made
Nil – Offender disturbed and arrested
04/01/2019
Toowong
Ascog Terrace
Day
Front door forced
Cash, passports, cards
28/12/2018
Norwood Street
Unknown
Front door forced
Jewellery, passports, car keys, speaker
21/12/2018 to 29/12/2018
Cadell Street
Evening
Rear door
Cash
22/12/2018
The Gap
Payne Road
Overnight
Front door left unlocked
Lap top computer
31/12/2018 to 01/01/2019
Birkridge Place
Day
Front door forced
Wristwatch
05/01/2019
Bellbowrie
Kangaroo Gully Road
Overnight
Unknown
Cards, personal identification documents, handbag, wallet, photographic equipment, power tools
16/12/2018 to 17/12/2018
Everton Park
Griffith Street
Morning
Forced entry to side sliding door
SNEAK BREAK
Nil,