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Four nips of whiskey in a four-hour time frame landed a man in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Monday.
Ryan John Lambert, 29, pleaded guilty to driving over the general alcohol limit.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Lambert’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate Ron Muirhead.
At midnight on February 16, Gladstone police were conducting patrols on the Dawson Hwy when they intercepted Lambert driving a silver Subaru sedan.
Police observed him to be slurring his words and police could detect the smell of liquor on his breath.
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Kyle James McLachlan pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Monday to the offence.
The court was told the 24-year-old was pulled over just before 7pm on February 7 for a breath test where he blew 0.077.
Defence lawyer Jun Pepito said his client had intended to apply for a work licence as his employer relied on him to drive, however he was ineligible because he hadn’t started working when he committed the offence.
McLachlan was fined $600 and disqualified from driving for one month.
After a short interrogation, police searched the vehicle and found a container which had less than one gram of cannabis in it. Hill was issued his rights and cautions but he was heavily intoxicated and unable to be questioned regarding the items. Police attended Hill s address at a later date for questioning and he made full admissions of being in possession of the drugs. Solicitor Rio Ramos said her client had been smoking cannabis for nine years and she asked that Acting Magistrate John Milburn acknowledge the small amount of drugs involved. Mr Milburn fined Hill $400 and no conviction was recorded.
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A man who was supposed to be leading by example for his son has appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court on a drink driving charge.
Joven Santiago, 50, pleaded guilty on Friday morning to one count of being in charge of a motor vehicle while over the general alcohol limit but not over the middle alcohol limit.
Police prosecutor Tanya Griffiths read the facts of Santiago’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
At 10.15pm on Saturday, October 24 Gladstone police were conducting patrols when they observed a white Daewoo hatchback displaying learner plates on Glenlyon St.