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Premium Content Subscriber only A jail sentence is hanging over a dads head for an outburst at a sex shop during which he threw his used vibrator at a sales manager. Benjamin Thomas Pellicaan was on Thursday sentenced to four months in jail suspended for two years over his behaviour towards staff at Totally Adult Maroochydore in October 2019. Maroochydore District Court heard the sex shop sales manager had called Pellicaan to advise they found no fault with his purchased vibrator which he co...

Group calls for resignation of Butts County Sheriff Gary Long for racist incident

"In the crowns submission, the motivation seems to be greed," Mr Cook said. He said the real estate firm was a small business and the loss would have been a burden. Bridge on Wednesday pleaded guilty to fraud- the dishonest application of property by an employee between $30,000 and $100,000. She had no criminal history and had started repaying the money. Defence barrister Mark Dixon said his client had been a productive and valuable member of society and the offending was out of character....

He was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital and required one stitch to close the 1cm shallow wound. Judge Gary Long said Jenkins had carried a small knife with a 5cm blade, which he said suggested there was some degree of planning. Witnesses to the fight identified Jenkins to Sunshine Plaza security guards and he was charged by police and released on bail. Jenkins captioned an Instagram photo “Don’t get on my bad side you usually end up in a pool of blood” less than a month aft...

Judge Gary Long said the officers paid just over $1000 in total for the marijuana, which Rixon boasted was from a "good quality" hydroponic crop. "You werent the target of investigation and it wasnt until July 2019 that police came across you again," Judge Long said. Daniel Lee Rixon sold marijuana to undercover police officers four times during an investigation into illegal drug distribution on the Coast. Rixon told police he had been selling a few ounces per week between 2017 and 2018, a...

Judge Gary Long said the officers paid just over $1000 in total for the marijuana, which Rixon boasted was from a "good quality" hydroponic crop. "You werent the target of investigation and it wasnt until July 2019 that police came across you again," Judge Long said. Daniel Lee Rixon sold marijuana to undercover police officers four times during an investigation into illegal drug distribution on the Coast. Rixon told police he had been selling a few ounces per week between 2017 and 2018, a...

Premium Content Subscriber only A friend of child killer Matthew Scown says she accepted death when she was subjected to horrific torture by a woman high on meth. Tyniell Jade Brand, 26, was on Wednesday sentenced to jail for torturing Sophie Whiteley who in 2019 had been "involved with" Scown- the stepfather convicted of manslaughter over Tyrell Cobbs death. Maroochydore District Court heard Brand carried out the torture with a co-accused who allegedly scorned Ms Whiteley, 29, for "bringing...

Premium Content Subscriber only A friend of child killer Matthew Scown says she accepted death when she was subjected to horrific torture by a woman high on meth. Tyniell Jade Brand, 26, was on Wednesday sentenced to jail for torturing Sophie Whiteley who in 2019 had been "involved with" Scown- the stepfather convicted of manslaughter over Tyrell Cobbs death. Maroochydore District Court heard Brand carried out the torture with a co-accused who allegedly scorned Ms Whiteley, 29, for "bringing...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Sunshine Coast man who downloaded and shared child abuse images says "stupid curiosity" was to blame rather than sexual interest. Kalm John Phillip Duncan, 44, was due to be sentenced on Monday after police in 2018 discovered he was using an online networking site in which child exploitation images were being shared between users. Maroochydore District Court heard police came across a video Duncan had made available for others to download on the networking s...

90 arrests in big Georgia meth bust Authorities say around 90 arrests are expected in the end of a methamphetamine drug investigation. JACKSON, Ga. - A big drug investigation that law enforcement dubbed Crystal Web in 12 Georgia counties that targeted methamphetamines was expected to end with more than 90 arrests.  Butts County Sheriff Gary Long said this meth network was dealing about 22 pounds of methamphetamines a week. He called it a large operation and believed law enforcement had dis...