Detectives from the Mackay Property Crime Taskforce have charged a 25-year-old man with 40 offences in relation to a series of alleged property crime incidents spanning four days, between January 31 and February 3, in the Mackay area.
At approximately 8am on February 1, it was alleged a Toyota Corolla stolen from an Andergrove address that morning, had driven on the wrong side of the road before crashing into a pole next to a bus stop on Glenpark Street, North Mackay.
It was alleged the driver and sole occupant, a man, left the scene on foot before a second vehicle, a Nissan Patrol, was stolen from a nearby address.
Just before 7am February 3, it is alleged a man broke into a Habana Wharf Road property at Habana causing damage to a door and window with a chainsaw, before arming himself with an axe and knife and threatening a resident, a man in his 70s.
It is further alleged the man assaulted the male resident by punching him in the head.
Police attended and took the 25-year-old North Queensland man into custody.
He has been charged with 40 offences including five counts of break and enter to dwellings, four counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, two counts each of serious assault and common assault and one count each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, break and enter to a premises, threatening violence and assault occasioning bodily harm.
Police appeal to anyone with information or relevant CCTV and dashcam footage in relation to property crime offences in the Mackay area, particularly the traffic crash on Glenpark Street, 8am Wednesday, February 1, to come forward.
Image: Mackay Detectives arrested a 25-year-old North Queensland man and charged him with 40 offences. Image: Police bodycam video