Pizza thief created fake online accounts under names Jim Beam and Sam Booker
12 Feb, 2021 02:29 AM
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Gemini Dixon appears in the Rotorua District Court. Photo / File
A Rotorua man used fake names like Jim Beam and Sam Booker to order more than $1300 worth of pizza using illegally obtained credit card information.
Gemini Rerekowhai Dixon, 33, appeared in the Rotorua District Court today and entered a guilty plea to a representative charge of accessing a pizza ordering website and dishonestly getting food and drinks.
Dixon accessed the Hell s Pizza online ordering website and dishonestly obtained food and beverages between May 30 and August 11 last year valued at $1377.80.
Rotorua man sentenced to nine months home detention after two violent stabbing attacks
11 Feb, 2021 06:00 PM
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Daniel Ernst has been sentenced to nine months home detention for two violent stabbing attacks. Photo / Andrew Warner
Daniel Ernst has been sentenced to nine months home detention for two violent stabbing attacks. Photo / Andrew Warner
A judge has described violent stabbings that critically injured a man as vigilante action and street justice . Daniel Ernst, 21, was yesterday sentenced in the Rotorua District Court to nine months home detention for the attacks after he pleaded guilty to two charges of injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Bay of Plenty man admits possessing 100 child pornography images
26 Jan, 2021 05:00 AM
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A Bay of Plenty man who has admitted possessing child pornography is fighting to keep his name secret. Photo / File
A Bay of Plenty man who has admitted possessing child pornography is fighting to keep his name secret. Photo / File
A Bay of Plenty man who has pleaded guilty to having 100 objectionable images of children and young people in sexualised poses is fighting to keep his name secret.
The man, who has interim name suppression, has pleaded guilty in the Rotorua District Court to a charge of possessing objectionable material.