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Subscriber only A court has heard how a man reached for a police officer s gun during an arrest where the dog squad had to become involved. James George Lyne, 37, pleaded guilty in the Bundaberg Supreme Court on Tuesday to two counts of possessing a dangerous drug in excess of 2 grams. Police were conducting patrols in Bundaberg North on the nights of April 9 last year when they heard a squealing sound before a motorbike with no registration plates approach at speed. Lyne, who was the rider, braked heavily at the intersection and almost lost control of the bike. Officers estimated the bike to be travelling in excess of 120km/h when he accelerated at high speed onto Queen St.
A man has been given the chance to rehabilitate himself in the community after police found meth and a taser in his shed. John Raymond Saunders, 31, pleaded guilty in the Bundaberg Supreme Court on Tuesday to possessing a dangerous drug in excess of 2g, possessing a dangerous drug and possessing a category R weapon. On March 3 last year police went to Saunders home to execute a search warrant. During the search police found 6.917g of pure methamphetamine in 9.147g of substance with a purity of just over 75 per cent. The drugs were found in various clip seal bags that were not consistent in amount.
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Subscriber only A woman has been jailed after her continued drug offending exhausted her chances of staying in the community. Amy Theresa Dale, 39, pleaded guilty in the Bundaberg Supreme Court on Tuesday to two charges of possessing a dangerous drug in excess of 2 grams. The first of the two offences happened in November 2018 when police were doing patrols in the Kepnock area when they pulled Dale over for a licence check and breath test. Dale gave officers her learner licence and was given an infringement notice for not displaying L plates and not being supervised. Officers then searched Dale s vehicle.
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He was only out of jail for four days, but a stint in jail didn’t stop a man from committing further offences upon his release.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Monday to five offences including breaching a domestic violence order, threatening violence as a domestic violence offence and using an approved phone number to request a conference call with someone else.
On the morning of November 20 last year the man and the aggrieved were arguing with each other when the man started yelling and screaming at her to get out of the house.
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Subscriber only A man has learnt the hard way how important it is to never underestimate the potency of home-brew after he crashed into a fence before running a red light. Jack Morgan Horton pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday to driving over the middle alcohol limit, failing to have proper control of a vehicle and entering an intersection or foot crossing while a traffic light is red. The court heard police were called to a crash on Elliott Heads Rd on the night of January 10. Police received numerous calls from witnesses, reporting that a vehicle had attempted to turn right onto Elliott Heads Rd before losing control and mounting a concrete kerb into a metal fence, causing damage to three sections.