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Whitsunday Police officer in charge sergeant Nathan Blain said police had arrested and charged five people in the past week for committing public nuisance in the Safe Night Precinct, and would continue to take a “high vigilance” approach to such behaviour in a bid to “curb assault rates”.
The five arrests Sgt Blain referred to were in addition to the following five men who appeared Proserpine Magistrates Court on public nuisance charges.
Euan Wright pleaded guilty in the Proserpine court on Monday, to committing public nuisance near a licensed premises and failing to leave a licensed premises, following an incident at Mama Africa nightclub.
She is scheduled to appear at Proserpine Magistrates Court on March 22. Sen-Sgt Blain said it was lucky no one was killed in the crash. It just goes to show drinking and inattention can cause serious crashes, he said. Police say a driver was over the legal limit when she allegedly crashed her car and crushed a man between two vehicles. Photo: File
More from Whitsunday Police: Sen-Sgt Blain said police were called to a separate incident about 9.20pm on Valentine s Day, which allegedly resulted in three police officers being assaulted. Police responded to reports a West Australian man was behaving erratically at The Cove Rd in Airlie Beach.
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