‘No major change to crime stats’
QUEENSLAND Police Service (QPS) has confirmed charges have been laid in relation to two separate break and enter offences occurring at Aussie World Subway (December 5) and Beerwah Village and Marketplace (December 7).
Beerwah Police Senior Sergeant, Brendan Davis, confirmed a 19-year-old Currimundi man and 31-year-old Pialba man had been charged in relation to the Subway Aussie World incident.
He also confirmed that an 18-year-old Bellmere man had been charged in relation to the break and enter of two local businesses; Beerwah Domino’s and Beerwah Nail Bar in the early hours of December 7.
The 18-year-old was also charged with the theft of a Subaru vehicle from a business on Free Street Beerwah.
Senior Sergeant, Brendan Davis, said while acknowledging there was a periodic element to crime statistics, over the last three years he had not witnessed any major increase in crime around the Beerwah area.
He said while it was important to be mindful and acknowledge that any crime had a direct impact on those affected, more often than not, offenders in recent major crime offences came from outside the area.
“Despite what some in our community may think, there is not an influx of major youth crime here in Beerwah,” Sergeant Davis said.
“For example, the break and enter offences that occurred recently at local Beerwah Businesses were conducted by an adult male who had come into the area rather than by residents of the division.”
He said while there was no doubt that there were some local kids that may be a “bit rough around the edges” generally he wasn’t seeing the severity of offences that many other regions experienced with some of their youth offenders.
“Some of the problems we have here relate to being on the railway, however we still have a bit of a country town feel here,” he said.
