Crime

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

QUEENSLAND REELING FROM SPATE OF SERIOUS ASSAULTS

Posted on January 11th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
As Queensland sits on the precipice of a Government foray into lockouts and trade restrictions, a series of cowardly assaults have caused untold pain for victims and industry. In early December of last year, 40-year-old father and grandfather Trevor Duroux

PUB ROBBED WITH SWORD IN WELL-PLANNED HEIST

Posted on December 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A Berrimah pub and staff member are recovering after a cunning bandit executed a well-planned robbery, wielding a sword. Last Sunday night the manager of the Hidden Valley Tavern was confronted in the office by a masked man holding a