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Subscriber only A Gracemere man has claimed to have smoked methamphetamine and taken Lyrica tablets to help with the pain caused by scoliosis. Kerrod Neil Ferguson, 54, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on May 10 to one count each of possessing utensils or pipes that had been used, unlawful possession of restricted drugs and unlawful possession of weapons (category M). Police prosecutor Sergeant Shaun Janes said police executed a search warrant at an address in Gracemere on April 1 in relation to dangerous drugs. Sergeant Janes said when police entered the home, they saw Ferguson in the lounge room smoking an unknown substance out of a glass pipe.
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Subscriber only A friend has been blamed for altering a prescription produced by a man at a Rockhampton pharmacy for a quantity of endone tablets larger than what was originally prescribed. Peter Shane Foreman pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on May 10 to one count of attempting to obtain a controlled drug with an altered prescription. Police prosecutor Sergeant Shaun Janes said Foreman attended the emergency department of Rockhampton Hospital on the morning of February 2 and received a prescription for endone tablets, which contained the controlled drug oxycodone. Sergeant Janes said Foreman then attended a Rockhampton pharmacy at 10.50am, where he presented a prescription for the tablets.
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Subscriber only A visibly restless and stressed Jodi Lee Beardsmore faced a Central Queensland court after police found drugs in her car and house, as well as a knife. The 39 year old was pulled over on Bottlebrush Drive at Lammermoor about 8.35pm on March 26. Police found a Nintendo DS case with two plastic bags of meth in the car and a glass pipe, police prosecutor Sergeant Shaun Janes told the Yeppoon Magistrates Court on April 15. She said case was hers, from her house; the glass pipe was hers, used to smoke methamphetamine, Sergeant Janes said. Police also found a knife in Beardsmore s car.