Cairns weekend crime wrap, October 30
Property offences, Earlville: Police are investigating a shop steal offence that occurred at an Earlville shopping complex yesterday afternoon.
At about 3:25pm, two teenage males have entered a shop in the complex and stolen a cash register containing a sum of money.
They fled on foot and were last seen heading in the direction of Mulgrave Road.
The empty cash register was later located in a nearby drain near Mulgrave Road.
Police are also investigating a shop stealing offence from a supermarket in the complex that occurred at about 10:45am on the same day, which may be linked to the same offenders.
The teens are described as Aboriginal, with one being 18 to 19 years of age with a skinny build, wearing a black T-shirt and grey baseball cap and the second youth aged about 15 years of age, also with a skinny build, wearing a white T-shirt and black baseball cap.
Police are appealing to anyone with information that may assist in identifying pair or anyone that may have been in the area at that time that could assist with investigations to contact Cairns Police or Crimestoppers.
Property offences, Cairns: At about 12.15am on Saturday October 28, a Robson Street address in Mooroobool was the target of a burglary offence, which later saw the apprehension and arrest of three males.
It will be alleged the offenders broke into the home while the occupants were sleeping.
A 27-year-old man from Mooroobool who was staying at the address, woke-up and observed the offenders in the back yard, before they fled into a neighbouring yard.
Police were called and the dog-squad deployed, with Police Dog Thor locating three males in Swallow Street, Mooroobool just before 1:30am.
The three have been charged with a total of 20 property and vehicle related offences which stem from Innisfail to Palm Cove.
An 18-year-old Innisfail man has been charged with two counts of burglary and commit indictable offence and one count each of driving of motor vehicle without a driver licence, receiving tainted property and unlawful use of motor vehicle. He will appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court this morning.
A 15-year-old Manoora boy has been charged with five counts of Burglary and commit indictable offence, three counts of unlawful use of motor vehicle, and one count each of driving without a driver licence, enter with intent by break at night in company, enter premises with intent to commit indictable offence and enter premises and commit indictable offence by break.
A 15-year-old Westcourt boy has been charged with one count each of burglary and commit indictable offence, unlawful use of motor vehicle and driving of motor vehicle without a driver licence.
Rescue, Crystal Cascades: At about 3pm on October 27, two overseas tourists became lost after hiking in the vicinity of the Crystal Cascades.
The women, aged 24 and 28, and both from the USA, parked their vehicle at the end of the Redlynch Intake Road and began hiking towards what they believed to be the Crystal Cascades, before becoming disoriented and calling Triple Zero (000).
At about 5pm, police attended the car park where they located their vehicle. Using a topographical mapping program on their smart phone, police were able to locate the trail the tourists had taken, and after a short hike located the two in thick bushland.
The women, who were not injured, were escorted back to the car park.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.
Source: Cairns Crime Alert
