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Mackay police have reported a five per cent drop in unlawful entry offences and an eight per cent drop in unlawful use of motor vehicle offences, coinciding with the launch of a youth crime crackdown.
Co-responder teams of police and youth justice workers have engaged with almost 170 young people since they began patrolling the streets of Mackay this year in a clampdown on youth crime.
The $5.2 million initiative was expanded to Mackay in mid-March, after being introduced in five other locations around the state last year.
Mackay police Superintendent Glen Morris said there had been a reduction in property offences, of which there were higher numbers of juvenile offenders committing those offences, during the current financial year.
Major crashes: A woman was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition for observation following a single-vehicle rollover on the Bruce Highway at Pindi Pindi about 10.42pm Saturday. In a separate incident, two people were taken to Mackay Base Hospital in stable conditions following a crash in West Mackay about 5.45pm Saturday. Witnesses reported the crash involving two cars occurred at the intersection of Donaldson and MacKenzie Streets. A first responder received minor injuries. Four people from the first incident involving a white hatch back also received only minor injuries and were taken by road to Mackay Base Hospital.
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UPDATE 5PM: Police are continuing to investigate reports of a carjacking in St Lawrence which left a man injured.
No arrests had been made as of late Sunday.
INITIAL 10.15AM: Police are responding to reports of a carjacking in St Lawrence which left a man injured.
A Queensland Police spokesman said a carjacking was reported on Spring Valley Road about 9.15am on Easter Sunday.
“A male victim in his 30s has allegedly been assaulted and has received some chest and facial injuries,” he said.
“Police are still looking for the alleged offenders and the car.”
It is understood up to three alleged offenders are still driving around in the stolen car.
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A Mackay high school was forced into lockdown after an intruder was found on school grounds about 10.50am Wednesday.
A Department of Education spokesman said a school-based police officer at Mackay State High School was called to help after the intruder was detected.
The Daily Mercury understands the person had threatened to assault a student at the school.
“Any situation that threatens the safety and wellbeing of students, staff or others in our school community is treated extremely seriously, and dealt with as a matter of priority,” the department spokesman said.
“The school went into a brief lockdown until the person was no longer on school grounds.