Two Queensland teenagers charged after alleged assault on elderly woman
Two Queensland teenagers have been charged after allegedly assaulting a woman in her 70s and stealing a car from her Cairns home overnight.
Police allege a group of four teenagers approached the woman s Perseverance Street, Redlynch address just after 12am Monday and knocked on the door.
The group allegedly knocked over the woman as she opened the door before threatening her with a knife, demanding her car keys and taking off in her Subaru Forester.
Police located the Forester about three hours later and arrested a group of teenagers found nearby.
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Crime by Pete Martinelli and Grace Mason 25th May 2021 1:06 PM
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Subscriber only A STREET fight and house fire in Aurukun on the weekend brought the community back to the brink of disaster more than a year after catastrophic riots brought the town to its knees. The violence left a residence burned out and a 49 year old man in a critical condition following a skull fracture.
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UUMV charges at Babinda
Five boys and a girl have been charged after an allegedly stolen 4WD was driven from Townsville to Cairns yesterday.
Shortly after midday, officers successfully deployed a tyre deflation device on the Bruce Highway at Babinda north of Howard Kennedy Drive.
Five boys, aged 13, 14 and 15, and a 13-year-old girl were arrested a short time later after fleeing the damaged Mitsubishi Pajero.
All have been charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle and burglary offences and refused police bail to appear in the Cairns Childrens Court.
Police believe the vehicle was stolen from a Campion Circuit address in Kirwan sometime between 2.30pm on Saturday and early yesterday morning.
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