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Subscriber only A man has been charged for allegedly setting a Coast home on fire with a woman and child inside after investigations into a historical arson. Police allege the 30-year-old man attended a Landsborough Rd address in Maleny on March 18 last year and deliberately lit a fire that destroyed the home. Officers say he was seriously injured in the blaze but a woman and child, who were known to the man, escaped uninjured.
The court heard Tuckwood said he had a knife in his pants, and officers searched him. A 15cm blade was found secreted between his buttocks, Senior Constable Burrell said. When asked why he was carrying the knife Tuckwood said only have you seen Caboolture? . Tuckwood pleaded guilty in Caloundra Magistrates Court on Wednesday to possessing a knife in public and obstructing police. Deni Jai Carr is charged with obstructing police, assault occasioning bodily harm and assaulting a police officer in a public place while adversely affected. Sen-Const Burrell said the fact that the knife was hidden where it was meant Tuckwood knew he shouldn t have had it, and that it could have posed a threat to police.
The court heard Tuckwood said he had a knife in his pants, and officers searched him. A 15cm blade was found secreted between his buttocks, Senior Constable Burrell said. When asked why he was carrying the knife Tuckwood said only have you seen Caboolture? . Tuckwood pleaded guilty in Caloundra Magistrates Court on Wednesday to possessing a knife in public and obstructing police. Deni Jai Carr is charged with obstructing police, assault occasioning bodily harm and assaulting a police officer in a public place while adversely affected. Sen-Const Burrell said the fact that the knife was hidden where it was meant Tuckwood knew he shouldn t have had it, and that it could have posed a threat to police.
The defendant was swearing and making threats to passers-by, he said. An informant walking her dog reported the male made some threats to kill her dog and was following her, causing fear. Mackie told the court some alcohol was involved in his offending. He said he suffered from schizophrenia. The Moffat Beach resident pleaded guilty in Caloundra Magistrates Court on Wednesday to one count of public nuisance, contravene a direction, obstructing police and wilful exposure. Sergeant Lydford said Mackie had a 10-page criminal history of similar offences and suggested a suspended sentence as an appropriate punishment. Your honour could consider something hanging over his head to deter him, he said.
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Subscriber only A Caloundra man who invited police officers into his apartment was then busted with 11g of marijuana when they smelled the drug. The manager of a Caloundra unit complex called the police when a tenant, Nicholas James Williams, caused a scene outside her office about 8.30pm on November 15. The 37 year old was trying to speak with the manager about complaints she had received against him when became enraged. The court heard the manager and her husband locked themselves in her office in fear as Williams began yelling, swearing and banging on the door. They told him to calm down and go away before calling police, who arrived five minutes later and found Williams in his apartment.