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A Gladstone mother who smoked cannabis the morning of her interception by police had no valid reason for driving.
Jasmine Muri-Aroha Tupea, 20, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to drug-driving.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Tupeaâs case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
On February 10, police were conducting patrols of Mount Alma in the Gladstone region when they intercepted a blue Hyundai sedan about 5pm.
Tupea submitted to a roadside drug test which returned a positive result.
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A horrific domestic violence offender assaulted his victim then punched her windscreen because she refused to drive him somewhere, a court heard.
The man, 23, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday to several charges including two counts of common assault.
Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of the man’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
The worst of the man’s offending occurred on February 4, when the defendant and the aggrieved were driving on the Scenic Hwy at Emu Park, Queensland.
At 6pm, the aggrieved was driving her car and the defendant was the passenger in the front seat.
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A woman who failed to appear in court on several occasions after being caught drink-driving, finally fronted Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Billy Danielle McIvor, 34, pleaded guilty to driving over the general alcohol limit and failing to appear in accordance with an undertaking.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of McIvor’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
On December 8, 2020, about 11.09am, McIvor was intercepted driving a gold Holden sedan by police from the Calliope Road Policing Unit who were conducting patrols on Kirkwood Rd, Gladstone.
When questioned McIvor stated she had consumed six vodka and mixer drinks the previous evening.
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A learner driver who was caught behind the wheel alone appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Ricck Walu Willis, 18, pleaded guilty to charges including being the holder of a learner’s licence and failing to comply with requirements.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Willis’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
On March 28, about 12.30am, police observed a blue Toyota Camry parked at the Gladstone train station on Herbert St.
Willis was seated in the front seat of the vehicle with keys in the ignition and the car turned on in accessory mode.
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A woman busted with a small bag of cannabis at a service station faced Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Jessica Kate Rawlings, 36, pleaded guilty to possessing dangerous drugs and possessing property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Rawlings’ case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
About midnight on February 9, Rawlings was observed sitting in the carpark of the BP petrol station on the corner of Ballantine St and Aerodrome Rd at Clinton.
Rawlings was detained for a search, which uncovered a clip-seal bag that contained 0.3 grams of cannabis hidden in her bra and an empty clip-seal bag in her handbag.