Unlicensed teen driver sentenced after leading police on high speed police chase
Crime by Erin Smith
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Subscriber only A 19-year-old Caboolture man has been sentenced after leading police on a high speed chase through multiple suburbs north of Brisbane while unlicensed. Jayden Scott Neil Moody, 19, pleaded guilty to more than 10 charges in Redcliffe Magistrates Court on February 8, including dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and evading police. Magistrate Cornack said Moody had been driving like a maniac and it was only by luck he had not injured or killed another motorist or pedestrian. Â Jayden Scott Neil Moody has been sentenced in relation to dangerous operation and evade police offences. Photo: Facebook
SE Qld drug dealers: 19 peddlers of misery revealed
Crime by Brendan O’Malley
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Subscriber only The southeast battled its biggest drug problem in nearly two decades when lockdown lifted in May, with a new generation of pushers who are using Instagram as their dial-a-dealer platform of choice. Many turned their homes into major drug mail order operations or grow houses and meth labs, with the problem now so widespread professional chemical cleaning companies have warned tenants moving into a rental to get their property tested for drug contamination. We take at look at some of the dealers who faced the courts in 2020 after the long arm of the law finally caught up with them.
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Subscriber only A 24-year-old will have lifelong disabilities after taking a motorcycle on a 174km/h midday joy ride along a busy road and causing a horror crash but that did not stop the Magistrate sentencing him to jail. Jayden Geoffrey Rayner pleaded guilty to four charges in Redcliffe Magistrates Court on January 28, including dangerous operation of a motorcycle, unlicensed driving and driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle. All offences occurred on August 25, 2020. The court heard that on this day, at about 11.45am, Rayner, rode a motorcycle along Anzac Ave, Rothwell. Witnesses reported him weaving in and out of traffic, riding on one wheel and travelling at excessive speeds, the court heard.