Crime

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

ARMED ROBBERIES REEK OF DRUG DESPERATION

Posted on July 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Pubs in NSW and Queensland were victims of armed robberies by amateurs over the weekend, shocking victims with firearms to secure small amounts of cash. Just before midnight on Saturday, two men entered Spirit Hotels’ Hotel HQ in Logan, in

POLICE SEEK 2 MEN WHO BASHED HOTELIER AND SET HOTEL ON FIRE

Posted on May 25th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_6127" align="alignright" width="330"] CCTV footage (see below) shows bandits dragging the hotel manager[/caption] Police are appealing to the public for information about two men that assaulted a hotel owner and set the building alight with people sleeping inside. Around

PUB BANDITS STEAL THOUSANDS AND BASH FEMALE MANAGERS

Posted on May 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Police are searching for two men that committed a violent robbery and assault at Gladstone’s Central Lane Hotel on Monday morning. CCTV footage showed a man armed with an axe force his way into the Hotel behind a female manger

VALE PATRICK CRONIN

Posted on April 20th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Tragically, following Monday’s report of a teenager that was cowardly punched in the head during a brawl on Saturday, the Cronin family had to make the harrowing decision to turn off life support. [caption id="attachment_5756" align="alignright" width="229"] Patrick Cronin. Photo:

MACHETE BANDITS HIT SECOND INNER WEST SYDNEY PUB

Posted on February 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Police in Sydney’s inner west are investigating the latest in late-night pub robberies involving four men, armed with machetes and axes. Ashfield Police confirmed to PubTIC they are investigating a connection between the robbery last night at a pub in

PUB GLASSING PERPETRATOR SLAPPED WITH INTENT

Posted on February 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A man has been charged with wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after glassing another patron at a Newtown hotel on Wednesday evening. NSW Police reported that two men became involved in an altercation in the beer