A man has been charged with a string of serious offences after a number of police cars were allegedly rammed with a stolen vehicle in Toowoomba yesterday, Queensland Police say.
It will be alleged that on September 12 a man attempted to steal a car at knifepoint on Astor Terrace in Spring Hill, however the 39-year-old male driver managed to escape unharmed in his vehicle.
It is further alleged that the same man threatened an 80-year-old woman with a knife on Wickham Terrace in Spring Hill on September 13 before stealing her brown Mercedes Benz.
On September 16 police observed the stolen Mercedes parked on Primrose Parade in Wynnum West and approached the male driver.
The man then allegedly drove into the parked police vehicle before fleeing the scene.
It is further alleged that on September 16 around 5.40pm, Toowoomba police saw the same stolen Mercedes parked at the rear of a Newtown shopping centre.
The car again fled the scene, allegedly damaging police vehicles in the process.
Police commenced a pursuit of the stolen vehicle through numerous streets in the Toowoomba area before a tyre deflation device was successfully deployed on Bridge Street.
The vehicle allegedly continued to travel at high speed on all four rims along Anzac Avenue, again colliding with another two police cars before losing control and coming to a stop.
Police arrested the driver at the scene.
A 27-year-old Wynnum West man has been charged with 14 offences including two counts of serious assault police and dangerous operation of a vehicle, and one count each of armed robbery, attempted armed robbery, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, fail to stop motor vehicle, unlicensed driving, possessing dangerous drugs, possessing tainted property, possessing property expected to commit a drug offence, enter premises and commit indictable offence and failure to take precaution with a syringe.
He is due to appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court today (September 17).
