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Chris Read, for Brown, said the 22-year-old accepted that he had used cocaine. "He had used it well over 24 hours before on the Wednesday evening knowing he had the next day off work," Mr Read said. "On Friday, he thought enough time would have passed and he was on his way to the local shop when he was stopped. "The inevitable effect of this is that it has caused him to lose his job. He is a self-employed joiner and needs his vehicle to transport himself and his tools to jobs." Brown,...

A DRIVER failed a drug test and was caught carrying cocaine when he was stopped by police near Hereford, a court has heard.

Suspect still loose after two police chases in Augusta, Randolph and Pittston Augusta police broke off one of the chases last week after it was determined the threat to public safety outweighed allowing the suspect to flee. Share AUGUSTA — A suspect driving a stolen car pursued by police in two separate chases last week remained on the loose Tuesday, according to officials. Police said they have a suspect whom they are not identifying. As of Tuesday, officers had not made an arrest related t...

"He only had two plants and a very rudimentary growing system," Mr Read said. "He has been a regular user for many years and resorted to these plants during lockdown. He has now substantially changed his life and has left the area and moved back to where his family live. "Since moving to Southsea, he has ceased his cannabis use, remains in contact with Addaction, and is being counselled by telephone, which he says has been very useful." Fewings, of Waverley Road, Southsea, was fined £1...

Clinton man arrested, charged with evading arrest, injuring officer James H. Simonson, 60, was wanted in Somerset County on a warrant for failing to appear in court on a drug trafficking charge. Share CLINTON — A deputy with the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office was injured Sunday morning during a struggle with a Clinton man who was evading arrest, officials said. James H. Simonson Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office photo At about 9 a.m., Deputy Elijah Curtis traveled to Clinton to serve ...

A PUBGOER was caught drink-driving after crashing on a night out to Tier 1 Herefordshire from locked-down Wales, a court has heard. Callum John Gait, of Treneol, Aberdare, admitted the offence when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford on January 20. Police had been on patrol on the A49 in Hereford at 4.30am on December 20 when they came across a large amount of debris including a numberplate on the Starting Gate roundabout, prosecutor Ralph Robyns Landricombe said. They found a da...

Jamie Stuart Taylor entered a guilty plea when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford on January 13. Prosecutor Shafquat Reaz said Taylor had been pulled over after he was spotted driving a Vauxhall Insignia in Upper Eggleton, near Ledbury, at 6am on July 16. He was asked to take a roadside drug test after telling officers his licence had been revoked, and was arrested after it returned a positive result for cannabis. The 35-year-old was taken into custody in Hereford, where a blood...

Corey Brown admitted drug-driving when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford on January 13. The 26-year-old had been driving a Ford Fiesta on Holme Lacey Road in Hereford at 12.30am on July 1, prosecutor Shafquat Reaz told the court. Brown, who was previously convicted for drug-driving in 2016, admitted to officers that he had taken drugs, and was arrested after failing a roadside drug test.  An evidential blood test at Hereford Police Station revealed he had 3.6 microgrammes of c...

A SELF-employed carer has been banned from the roads after smoking cannabis to tackle her anxiety.

Chris Read, for Weaver, said the 25-year-old had been caught out in a routine stop in the middle of the afternoon. "He does have a previous matter in 2017. He had been very mindful of that and had changed his behaviour as a result," Mr Read said. "But he accepts he still uses cannabis sometimes. He tells me he had used it more than 24 hours before and thought he would be safe to drive a car. There was no criticism of his driving." The court heard Weaver had lost his job when he told his...