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From raids of homes to interceptions on the roads, these are the latest Lockyer Valley residents to plead guilty to drug offences in court.
Police find cannabis, meth during raid of Gatton woman’s home
Melisa Leanne Francis fronted court after police raided her Gatton home and found drugs and utensils on January 6.
Francis pleaded to three charges – possessing meth, possessing cannabis and possessing utensils, bongs and pipes that had been used - in the Gatton Magistrates Court on Monday, January, 25.
Police prosecutor senior sergeant Al Windsor said police obtained a warrant to search Francis’ Railway Street address.
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Subscriber only A solicitor has argued in court that because his client had no recollection of excessively speeding on the Warrego Highway, it reduced his criminality. Michael Adam Tanusoski pleaded guilty to two offences in the Gatton Magistrates Court on January 25, 2021. The two charges were disobeying the speed limit and driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, after Tanusoski was intercepted by police on the Warrego Highway at Plainland, travelling 114 km/hr in an 80km/h zone. Police prosecutor Senior Sergeant Al Windsor said on June 29, 2020, police were patrolling the Warrego Highway with a vehicle fitted with an on-board speed detector, and intercepted Tanusoski driving his vehicle.
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Subscriber only A MOTHER who witnessed her daughter being denied bail has gone on an expletive spree at a magistrate before storming out of court and continuing to yell abuse down the street. Kim Davidson appeared in the Gatton Magistrates Court on Monday, after she was charged with public nuisance on November 30. Davidson pleaded guilty after she made a scene in the court and in the street outside after her daughter, Amber Shrowan, was refused bail in court that day. Police prosecutor Senior Sergeant Al Windsor said a number of people were present in the court precinct at the time Davidson yelled obscenities and witnessed her continuing to do so as she walked down the road.