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Premium Content Subscriber only From a man who was caught stocking up with hundreds of illegal Viagra pills to a man who threw a used vibrator at a staff member, here are some of the most unusual crimes to come before Coast courts this year alone. Woman throws dog at victim Donna Maree Shailer leaving Caloundra Magistrates Court on March 3 after being sentenced for assault. A woman who threw her dog at another woman before hitting her with a laptop was fined $500 for the "unusual" assault. ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A man who moved to the Coast to leave his "deplorable" life of crime behind him has landed before the court again after police found a weapon in his roof. Adding to his 19-page criminal history, Kerrod Tighe pleaded guilty on Wednesday to unlawful possession of a category M weapon and possessing utensils or pipes that had been used. The Caloundra Magistrates Court heard police found the illegal taser and drug utensils during a search of Tighes house on January...

Premium Content Subscriber only A man who moved to the Coast to leave his "deplorable" life of crime behind him has landed before the court again after police found a weapon in his roof. Adding to his 19-page criminal history, Kerrod Tighe pleaded guilty on Wednesday to unlawful possession of a category M weapon and possessing utensils or pipes that had been used. The Caloundra Magistrates Court heard police found the illegal taser and drug utensils during a search of Tighes house on January...

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 of...

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 of...

Premium Content Subscriber only From a gutsy grandma who tried to outrun police to a grandpa who was too "slack" to delete child exploitation material from his phone, here are eight Sunshine Coast grandparents who were busted setting a bad example.   Drug-dealing grandads desperate act to save dying wife Thomas Ivor Jones claimed he committed drug offences to support his terminally-ill wife and himself after her death. Propped up by his walking stick, a grandfather pleaded guilty to "st...

Senior Constable Burrell said English challenged police to a fight when they spoke with him. English, who pleaded guilty in Caloundra Magistrates Court to one count of public nuisance, said he didnt try to start a fight with police. "I didnt challenge anyone to a fight," he said. "Yes, I got charged with drinking in public and then I walked away and said, thanks very much have a good day and they asked me to stop and thats when they arrested me." Magistrate Haydn Stjernqvist fined English ...