Premium Content A woman busted possessing a taser claimed she had it to protect her child. Lisa Marie Hawthorne, 40, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of possessing a weapon, possessing a dangerous drug and possessing a used pipe. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police executed a search warrant on Hawthorne s Gracemere residence at 10.25am on April 1 with Hawthorne telling police she owned a bowl containing less than a gram of marijuana, along with a bong. He said police also located a taser in another bed room which Hawthorne claimed she obtained in order to protect her daughter.
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A woman who smashed another’s windscreen with a tyre iron and threw a plastic pot full of dirt is out of pocket almost $1500 for damages.
Shai Pauline Dexter, 34, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of wilful damage and one of common assault.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police were called to a Rockhampton address on February 12 at 8.46am where a woman had smashed a windscreen with a tyre iron.
He said police found the rear windscreen smashed and other damage to the vehicle when they arrived.
Sergeant Dalton said Dexter had retrieved the tyre iron from her own vehicle and used it to smash the windscreen and tail light.
He said when police requested Watts give them his full name and address, he refused. Sergeant Dalton said Watts appeared physically aggressive and yelled something about not going in the back of the police car. He said Watts was then handcuffed. Sergeant Dalton said Watts had a history of public nuisance offences, including an incident where he yelled abuse at a comedian, threw a glass at the comedian and abused security at the Allenstown Hotel for which he was sentenced to 12 months prison, wholly suspended and operational for two years in March 2019. He said that sentence was reopened at a later date with the prison term changed from 12 months to six months, but the operational period remaining the same, resulting in the December 2020 offences breaching that suspended sentence.
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A Rockhampton man has had his vehicle immobilised and licence disqualified for one month after he was caught driving with a SPER suspension.
Glen Andrew Hartas pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 14 to one count of driving without a licence.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police intercepted Hartas driving along Thozet Rd at 11.30pm on November 18, 2020.
Sgt Dalton said checks revealed Hartas’ licence had been suspended by the State Penalties Enforcement Registry on October 23 for 10 months.
He said Hartas told police he was unaware his licence had been suspended and had failed to manage where his mail had been posted to due to not having a stable address.
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A Gracemere woman claimed she was helping to grow a marijuana plant inside her home for her partner who suffered a back condition.
Shae Birt, 22, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 14 to one count each of producing dangerous drugs and possessing property suspected to have been used in the commission of a crime.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police attended an address in Gracemere on November 15, 2020 in relation to another matter, however, while at the address declared an emergent search.
Sgt Dalton said Birt attempted to persuade police from entering a bedroom inside the address, telling officers her sister was sleeping naked in the room and they should not enter.