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Subscriber only A Lockyer woman said she stole three charity donation tins from a supermarket because she had no money to pay for a taxi, despite just buying cigarettes. The Brave Companion Dog Rescue and Cancer Council tins at Laidley IGA were pinched by Melissa Lynette Dixon on April 28. The 34-year-old put the first tin under her jumper when staff were distracted by her cigarette order about 11.46am. She exited the store with the tin but returned to the supermarket 35 minutes later and once again nicked a further two tins by stuffing them under her jumper. In the Gatton Magistrates Court on May 24, police prosecutor Sergeant Tim Hutton said CCTV footage was used to identify Dixon.
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THERE was no shortage of Lockyer Valley residents getting busted for cannabis possession, production and/or supplying in 2020.
The
Gatton Star has compiled a list of some of those who were convicted in the Gatton Magistrates Court for weed this year.
Melissa Lynette Dixon pleaded guilty on November 16 to four offences including charges of unlawfully possessing cannabis, unlawfully possessing a water pipe used for smoking cannabis and committing a public nuisance offence.
Police prosecutor senior sergeant Al Windsor said that as police walked towards Dixon’s door on September 9, they smelled burning cannabis from within the house.