Tag: SA Police
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Tensions boil over in renewed search for missing Gus
A fiery exchange between the grandmother of missing boy Gus Lamont and a reporter has been caught on camera. The Daily Mail published images and footage of the alleged confrontation between Josie Murray and a reporter and photographer. “Get out, you are trespassing,” Murray shouted in the video. According to the Daily Mail, the pair…
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Thousands of knives and sinister weapons handed into police
After a three-month anonymous surrender period, SA police have seen more than 3,508 weapons surrendered to authorities. South Australian police stations received an average of 38 weapon a day between July 1 and September 30, with weapon including batons, bayonets, nunchuckus, star knives/ninja stars surrended. The take also included a morning star – a medieval…
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SA Police release picture of young boy lost in Outback
Australian Defence Force members joined the search on Thursday the little boy’s family released a picture in the hopes it would bring fresh leads to the search. On Wednesday, the discovery of a small footprint gave a glimmer of hope as the search for a preschooler on an outback homestead entered its fifth day but…
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Teen arrested over alleged threats to high school, major events
It is alleged the teenager, whose identity has been suppressed, made threats against an Adelaide public school, as well as Gather Round and the Adelaide Fringe, demanding a significant payment. The arrest on Wednesday followed a joint investigation over several months between the South Australian Police (SAPOL), SA Health, the Education Department and federal agencies.…
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Second passenger dies, driver charged after car-bus collision
The car and bus collided at the junction of Mallala and Navvy Hill roads at Korunye, eight kilometres north of Two Wells at 7.15 on Friday, January 2. The bus was empty and the driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries, but a 23-year-old Elizabeth North woman who was a passenger in the car…
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Inquiries into police officer’s death
SA Police said in a statement that the sudden death on Monday afternoon was not considered suspicious. The officer’s death will also be the subject of a Coronial investigation.
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Man to face court charged with woman’s murder in Morphett Vale
Police were called to a property in Morphett Vale shortly after 7pm on Sunday following reports a person was unresponsive inside the home. They found the body of a 39-year-old woman from Encounter Bay. Police arrested a 40-year-old Morphett Vale man, who was known to the woman, at the home. He was charged with murder and refused…
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‘Heartbreaking’: Dual tragedies rock SA Police
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas labelled the death of 18-year-old Charlie Stevens – the son of Police Commissioner Grant Stevens – as a “heartbreaking tragedy” this morning. Stevens passed away in hospital on Saturday evening after being struck by a car at Beach Road, Goolwa. The driver of the car – an 18-year-old from Encounter…