Crime

FORMER NRL CHOOK FOWLER JAILED FOR PUB ROBBERY

Posted on April 4th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Retired NRL player Anthony ‘Chook’ Fowler has been jailed for masterminding an armed robbery of his former employer, the Falvey family’s Cecil Hotel, Goodna. Peter Falvey has owned and operated the Cecil Hotel for 35 years, in recent times with

POLICE RELEASE IMAGES IN PURSUIT OF ‘JACKPOT BANDITS’

Posted on February 14th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Queensland Police have released further information and an image of a man, in the pursuit of the so-called “Jackpot Bandits” linked to the armed robbery of multiple late-night hotels. Detectives from Operation Quebec Point report they have linked the bandits

COP STABBED AND PERP SHOT DEAD IN MAROUBRA HOTEL

Posted on January 29th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Maroubra Junction Hotel was in turmoil on Australia Day, as a mis-handled arrest led to one officer being stabbed twice and the perpetrator shot dead in a crowded beer garden. After failing to appear in Penrith Court last Wednesday to

PLUCKY PATRON FOILS BANDITS WITH BAR STOOL

Posted on November 29th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A dangerous situation in an east-Brisbane pub has been fended off courtesy of bumbling bandits and a gaming patron with a big stool. Around 11:30 on Monday night (27 November) two masked men entered Coles’ Lord Stanley Hotel on Stanley

WA CRACKING DOWN ON COWARD PUNCH ATTACKS

Posted on June 2nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
New stiffer penalties have come into force in WA around one-punch attacks, with the pending sentence for the perpetrator of an unprovoked attack that killed a man in a Mandurah pub. Around 4pm on 20 September last year 27-year-old chef

GAMING REGULATOR RAIDS WAREHOUSE, SEIZING 35 EGMs

Posted on May 17th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
NSW Liquor & Gaming has seized 35 gaming machines from a warehouse in south-west Sydney. L&G inspectors are investigating the possible illegal possession and sale of gaming machines by a licensed technician and seller. The recent seizure is part of

VIC PUBS MARRED BY PATRONS’ STUPID ACTS

Posted on November 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Southern Victorian pubs have seen a rash of anti-social behaviour in recent days, involving weapons and a brutal gang attack. In the early hours of Saturday (5 November) security ejected a “gang” that was causing trouble plus three other men

BRISBANE HOTELS ROBBED AS DRUG DETECTIONS SOAR

Posted on October 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Brisbane pubs have seen a recent blight of low-tech cash-grab robberies, with State research showing drug abuse up and alcohol down. The robberies have taken place late at night or even after closing, and each feature two men wielding weapons

IS THAT A TURKEY IN YOUR PANTS, OR …

Posted on August 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
An opportunistic thief was sprung in the act in ALH’s Vale Hotel, prompting threats with a handy steak knife and escape with a Wild Turkey down his pants. The would-be thief was seen trying to get into the cash register