2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (358+ words) A man has been jailed for four years for raping a 15-year-old girl in a Launceston hotel room after a party. Blake Ellis Jetson, now 27, was found guilty by a jury of indecent assault and two counts of rape. He…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (201+ words) Police caught 114 drivers making a banned left turn in the Hobart CBD in just two hours on Thursday morning, nine days after the restriction came into effect. The operation was run at the corner of Argyle and Liverpool streets, where…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (149+ words) A man has been fined for dangerous driving after dashcam footage showed him overtaking across double white lines on the Bass Highway near Elizabeth Town, in the state’s north. The incident happened close to Gannons Hill Road, where three people…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (766+ words) Kristie Johnston has delivered a scathing assessment of Police Minister Felix Ellis as he sat less than two metres in front of her in parliament, never once looking up from his laptop as she delivered an emotional plea for safer…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (413+ words) A woman on Centrelink had nearly $40,000 move through her bank account while running a methylamphetamine trafficking business from her Burnie shed, a court has heard. Tori Rhonda Summers, 30, has avoided immediate jail over the operation, which she kept running even…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (455+ words) Graffiti, shoplifting, fuel drive-offs and other minor crimes can now be reported to Tasmania Police online instead of by phone or by visiting a police station. Tasmania Police opened its online crime reporting portal to the public today, months after…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (87+ words) A man has been arrested after allegedly trying to assault members of the public at Kingston dog beach on Tuesday. Tasmania Police said officers were called to the beach shortly before midday following reports of a man “acting erratically and…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (318+ words) A Launceston man continued downloading child abuse material while on bail for similar offending, amassing thousands of images and videos across devices in his home, a court has heard. Lee Anthony Jenkins, 50, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of possessing or controlling…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (210+ words) A young P-plater has lost his licence for 12 months after police found his car crashed into a guard rail in Hobart’s northern suburbs early this morning. Police came across the vehicle on Main Road at Claremont around 1:20am on Tuesday. The…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (358+ words) A woman in her 80s has died and two men remain in hospital after a head-on crash on the East Derwent Highway at Old Beach, north of Hobart, yesterday. The crash happened around 1:35pm on Monday near Riviera Drive. Acting Inspector Nicholas…...