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A Rockhampton man has been fined after police found a âbongâ during a search of a home in Park Avenue last week.
David Eugene Mimi, 26, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 8 to one count of possess utensils or pipes that had been used.
Police prosecutor Clancy Fox said police executed a search warrant at an address in Park Avenue on January 7.
Mr Fox said a plastic bottle fashioned into a bong was found on a bedside table in a bedroom Mimi was found asleep inside.
He said the bong appeared to be used and Mimi told police it was his.
A number of drink and drug-drivers were dealt with in Rockhampton Magistrates Court last week. Christopher Michael Whitley had methamphetamine and marijuana in his system when he was intercepted driving along Clanfield St, Berserker, at 12.40pm on September 15, 2020. Whitley pleaded guilty to the charge in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 5. Police prosecutor Sergeant Shaun Janes said Whitley told police he had consumed a quarter of ice that weekend. Whitley addressed Acting Magistrate John Milburn and said he had moved back to Monto to get off meth. He said it had worked for him in the past and he was off the drug for four months before moving to Rockhampton and went downhill when COVID-19 started.
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A WOMAN caught driving without a licence was “very disorganised” with regards to her licence.
Rachel Michelle Douglas pleaded guilty on November 30 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of driving unlicensed.
Police intercepted Douglas driving about 3pm on October 15 and checks revealed her licence expired on August 1 – 75 days earlier.
Police prosecutor Clancy Fox said Douglas had a prior driving unlicensed conviction on her record.
Douglas told the court she did not realise she had to renew her licence.
Magistrate Philippa Beckinsale said Douglas “seemed to be very disorganised” about her licence.
Douglas said she needed her licence to get to her job.