Police stats for the Gympie region in 2020 revealed some surprising results, including one town where crime has plumetted 25% and another where it’s on the rise
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Subscriber only A late-night trip to KFC while drunk turned a teenager s life upside down after he crashed his vehicle into an embankment, which left him and his friend injured, and landed him in legal hot water. Gympie Magistrates Court heard 18-year-old Tyson Craig Woodrow had been drinking throughout the day on November 18 before he tried to drive to Gympie s KFC about 11pm. The trip ended abruptly when he crashed head-on into an embankment near the intersection of Eel Creek Rd and Rocks Rd. Police later recorded a 0.13 reading from the P-plater. The crash landed Woodrow in hospital.
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Subscriber only An 18-year-old Gympie P-plater was stripped of his licence after being caught behind the wheel of a car while twice the legal limit acceptable for someone on their open licence. Jack Brian Davies was pulled over by police while he was driving his Holden along Jane St about 11pm on December 15. His roadside breath test returned a reading of .102. Davies, a full-time manager at McDonald s who had no criminal history, pleaded guilty in Gympie Magistrates Court to driving while over the middle alcohol limit on a provisional licence. Davies faced the Gympie Magistrates Court this week.
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Subscriber only A Monkland man who threatened to smash a wooden bat over his neighbour s head during a dispute about a motorbike has been hit with a $2000 fine. Gympie magistrates Court heard Tristan Shane William Webb was frustrated by his neighbour revving his motorbike and doing burnouts outside his home, so Webb and his brother confronted the neighbours at their home on the evening of March 8, 2020. Webb s brother went armed with a tent pole, the court heard. Webb pleaded guilty to three charges in Gympie Magistrates Court this week. In response to this potential threat, one of the victims armed themselves with a metal bar, so 30-year-old Webb grabbed his own weapon.
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From drunken assaults to being found with drugs on the dancefloor, Gympie has had its fair share of night outs that have ended in disaster.
Here’s the most significant nine incidents that involved Gympie region locals and took place at pubs and clubs.
1. Gympie dad busted with cocaine, ecstasy in nightclub
A young Gympie dad busted with $300 of cocaine and ecstasy at a popular nightclub in Maroochydore was on parole for assault at the time, a Gympie court heard.
At 1am on March 21, security guards from The Post Office Bar on Ocean Street detained Aiden Kalem Dyett Dolling, 24, and approached police who were patrolling the safe night precinct.