Bruce Highway motorists witnessed an alarming act of domestic violence in Central Queensland last week with witnesses stopping to assist the victim who was being punched and dragged in front of her child.
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A woman who helped a friend break into the house the friend had been evicted from was unaware the occupier had given the friend many opportunities to collect their belongings.
The helping friend, Shannon Dundon, pleaded guilty on May 5 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of trespass and one of wilful damage.
Police prosecutor Senior Constable Michelle Welch said the victim observed, via CCTV, people break into his house.
She said Dundon and another female entered through the back gate and broke in, using a screwdriver to bend a window frame and gain entry.
Senior Constable Welch said Dundon told police the other female had been evicted and she just wanted to collect her property.
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A man involved in a physical fight that police had to break up during a music festival on Great Keppel Island, has been banned from the licensed premises there for six months.
Nathan Adam Johnson, 20, pleaded guilty in Yeppoon Magistrates Court on Thursday to disorderly behaviour and obstructing police.
The court heard that on March 20 at 6.50pm, police patrolling a music festival on Great Keppel Island were called to a large group of people congregating at the GKI Hideaway.
Police officers saw security staff involved in a physical altercation with three men - one of them was Johnson who was attempting to throw punches at another man.
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A package containing $800 worth of steroids had been addressed to a business location and had the name of 77-year-old man on it.
Jason Luke Leo Titmus, 40, pleaded guilty on May 5 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to two counts of possessing restricted drugs.
Police prosecutor Senior Constable Michelle Welch said Australia Post staff contacted police on March 16 in relation to a suspicious parcel at the Burnett St depot which contained steroids. Jason Luke Leo Titmus, 40, pleaded guilty on May 5 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to two counts of possessing restricted drugs.
She said the parcel was addressed to a location which was not a residential address in Allenstown and the name on the parcel was matched to a man in the same postcode area who was 77-years-old and unlikely to order testosterone or trenbolone, which was in the parcel.