Premium Content A woman busted possessing a taser claimed she had it to protect her child. Lisa Marie Hawthorne, 40, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of possessing a weapon, possessing a dangerous drug and possessing a used pipe. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police executed a search warrant on Hawthorne s Gracemere residence at 10.25am on April 1 with Hawthorne telling police she owned a bowl containing less than a gram of marijuana, along with a bong. He said police also located a taser in another bed room which Hawthorne claimed she obtained in order to protect her daughter.