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A man who lashed out at police officers and booted a patrol car door after he was thrown out of a Front Street bar was fined a total of $5,000 and given a two-year conditional discharge yesterday. Magistrates’ Court heard that police got involved aft...

A shop worker was in shock after a neighbourhood store was robbed at knifepoint on Saturday morning. Adelle Burgess said a man in black came into The Mini Market, on Ord Road, Paget, at about 8.30am, locked the door behind him and brandished a large,...

A teenager was attacked by two men, one wielding a knife, on The Glebe Road today. The 16-year-old complainant was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital with cuts to his head and leg, after the incident at about 11am. He has since been discharge...

A third man has been arrested in connection with a gun murder outside a Christmas party at a sports club. Police said yesterday that the 23-year-old had been taken into custody and appealed for more witnesses to come forward. A police spokesman added...

Two men were banned from the roads for 18 months and fined yesterday after they admitted drink-driving offences. Allan Somner, 51, pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal blood-alcohol limit on Christmas Eve. Magistrates’ Court heard that offi...

Police have arrested a 38-year-old man accused of stabbing a neighbour in a fight over a kite. “It appears that a 26-year-old Pembroke man and a 38-year-old Pembroke man — neighbours — had an altercation on a path between Stovell Bay Road and North C...

Police will be able to issue cautions for low-level offences under a new guidance policy released yesterday. Common assault, criminal damage, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, public drinking and affray will all be eligible for caution under the ...

A knife-wielding robber gambled and lost when he tried to rob a bookmaker’s shop yesterday. For the man was confronted by a woman staff member and two other men helped wrestle him to the ground before he cut his losses and ran off empty-handed. A man...

Two men with bladed weapons robbed a Four Star Pizza deliveryman on Friday night. The two suspects approached the deliveryman near the top of Bostock Hill East in Paget and demanded money at about 10pm. A police spokesman said: “A small quantity of c...

Police have received no reports of anyone “brandishing a firearm at random individuals”, despite social media reports. A police spokesman said online comments have spread about incidents which supposedly took place at Cedar Hill, Warwick and Snorkel ...