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In a late night attempt to escape from the police, a 27-year-old repeat offender sped through the McDonaldâs drive-through in Gympie, narrowly missing police officers and mounting a fence along the Bruce Highway.
Wade Stanley Knox, 27, pleaded guilty to the dangerous operation of a vehicle at McDonaldâs on February 28,2021, as well as 14 other charges in Gympie Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Some of the other charges Knox pleaded guilty to included two of possessing dangerous drugs, four counts of unlicensed driving, three stealing offences and failing to dispose of a needle.
It was at 10:20pm that night when Knox was approached by police on foot at the Gympie McDonaldâs drive-through.