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A Gladstone man who stole two bikes worth $17,500, was driven to the police station by the man he stole the bikes from and confessed the full details, Gladstone Magistrates Court heard this week.
A Gladstone man who stole two bikes worth $17,500, was driven to the police station by the man he stole the bikes from and confessed the full details, Gladstone Magistrates Court heard this week.
Steven James Alen, 33, pleaded guilty to burglary and commit indictable offence.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Allen’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
On November 30 2020, the victim reported a burglary offence to police.
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A recidivist offender tried to hide from police by standing behind elderly people on a train.
Ryan Paul Doyle, 30, pleaded guilty on February 26 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to 22 charges including obstruct police, trespass, enter dwelling with intent to commit an indictable offence, possess drug utensils, received tainted property, dishonest use of bank cards and fail to appear in court.
The offences took place between September 16, 2020 and November 7, 2020 in Rockhampton, Petrie, Gladstone and New Auckland.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Shaun Janes said police came across Doyle at a railway station on November 2020 about 1.45pm and when asked to state his name, Doyle gave them four false names before giving his correct name.
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Gladstone residents have named the worst hooning hot spots in the region but police say the problem is not as bad as it seems.
Calliope Road Policing Unit officer in charge Senior Sergeant Shaune English said residents often confused hooning with “loud engines”.
“(Residents) can hear loud engines and think it’s going on somewhere around them, those ones are difficult to deal with because we don’t have any real idea where it is,” Sgt English said.
“Sometimes people might think it’s a problem but in reality it’s usually nuisance cars that don’t have their exhaust fitted properly.