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A man who claims he grew up around horses, used his whole arm to aggressively slap the hind quarter of a horse towing a carriage and then mooned patrons of a pub who chastised him for his actions.
He was then illuminated by police torches as he urinated in public before fleeing to the riverbank where he was arrested.
Ryan Martin Hayes, 38, pleaded guilty on June 3 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of animal cruelty, public nuisance near a licensed premises and urinating in public. Ryan Martin Hayes, 38, claims he grew up around horses, used his whole arm to aggressively slap the hind quarter of a clydesdale horse towing a carriage and then mooned patrons of the Oxford Hotel who chastised him for his actions. He was then illuminated by police torches as he urinated in public before fleeing to the riverbank where he was then arrested.
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A man was busted twice in 24 hours with drugs was employed prior to the COVID pandemic as a diesel fitter.
Reece Douglas Blucher, 27, pleaded guilty on May 24 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to two counts of possessing a dangerous drug, one of possessing a restricted drug and two possessing drug utensils.
Police prosecutor Clancy Fox said police intercepted on a Campbell Street, Wandal, at 4.20pm on April 3 in which Blucher was a passenger.
He said a search uncovered one gram of marijuana in a clip-seal bag, two diazepam blister packets containing nine tablets each, a pipe in a glasses case and scales with residue on them.