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A Gladstone woman admitted to taking MDMA and smoking cannabis before trying to run from police on a night out.
Robyn Lesley Metcalfe, 53, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to obstructing police and committing public nuisance.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Metcalfe’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate Paul Byrne.
On March 20 police were tasked to attend the Rocky Glen Hotel in relation to an incident.
Police attended and spoke to security who told them a man and a woman, eventually identified as Metcalfe, had left on foot heading down the Dawson Hwy.
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A man who threatened violence against another man while standing on a busy Gladstone road, faced court on Monday.
James Thomas Tams, 58, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court to committing a public nuisance offence.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Tamsâ case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
On March 15, about 4pm, Tams stood on the road at Palm Dr, West Gladstone, yelling âf -â
and âc -â at a witness numerous times and words to the effect of âGet the police before I knock this bloke outâ.
The witness responded: âNo you wonâtâ to which Tams responded âYeah I willâ.
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A heated family argument resulted in a woman calling patrons of a busy Gladstone pub “b ” and “c ”, a court has heard.
Charmaine Rose Weimer, 23, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to committing public nuisance.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Weimer’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
On February 28, about 7pm, police attended the Rocky Glen Hotel at West Gladstone in relation to a disturbance.
Police arrived and took up with witnesses who stated they observed Weimer drunk and using offensive language, calling other patrons “b ” and “c -”.
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Subscriber only Adrianus Marinus Kist, 42, pleaded guilty to committing a public nuisance. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Kist s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On March 20, around 6.30pm, Calliope police attended Salisbury Street, Mt Larcom in relation to a man yelling obscenities on the street. Police arrived and took up with the informant, who happened to be an off duty police officer. The informant stated he saw Kist walk up the street and approach his front gate. The informant stated Kist was intoxicated and yelling words to the effect of, Where are you, copper dog? and Where the f - are you?