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Benjamin Michael Smith, 19, pleaded guilty to drink driving Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Smith’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate Paul Byrne.
Gladstone police were conducting patrols on the Dawson Highway, West Gladstone when they observed a Ford Falcon driving extremely slowly on April 17, around 10.35pm.
Police followed the vehicle and subsequently intercepted it on Grayson St, West Gladstone.
Police observed Smith to be the sole occupant of the vehicle and when question he stated he had given his friend a lift to the nightclub and was returning his vehicle.
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A Gladstone man who was busted drug driving was taking his mother to an appointment, a court heard.
John Derek O’Driscoll, 62, pleaded guilty to the charge in the Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of O’Driscoll’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate Paul Byrne.
Police intercepted O’Driscoll driving a Toyota wagon on Wyndham Ave, Boyne Island on March 3, around 9.11am.
He submitted to a roadside drug test which returned a positive indication for a relevant drug.
When questioned, O’Driscoll stated he had smoked cannabis the evening prior to being intercepted by police.
Howson stated she had not checked recently whether the payments were still going out of her account.
Further questioning identified Howson had not checked her mailbox for some time and had changed her email address and phone number recently and failed to notify SPER of the changes.
Howson stated she was driving to a friend’s house and could offer no emergent reason for driving on a suspended licence that day.
She was issued a notice to appear in the Gladstone Magistrates Court in relation to this offence.
Howson told the court she was a single parent who was new to the area and had no one to help get her son to school if she was suspended from driving.
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A man who was intercepted by police at the recent Calliope Rodeo appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Jake Bruce Williams, 20, pleaded guilty to drink driving before Acting Magistrate Paul Byrne.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of the case to the court, which commenced on Saturday, January 23 at 10.15pm.
Calliope police were conducting mobile patrols in a marked vehicle of the Calliope showgrounds on Taragoola Rd, Calliope.
The Calliope Rodeo was on at the time which included a large carpark and camping area.
Police observed an orange Toyota Landcruiser travel up behind police and park beside their vehicle.