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Premium Content Subscriber only A pregnant woman busted possessing drugs also had a spring-loaded knife concealed in a black hand grenade. Jodi Elizabeth Richmond, 27, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of possessing a dangerous drug, possessing drug utensils and possessing a category M weapon. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police executed a search warrant on a residence in Burnett St, Berserker, at 10am on October 1, 2020, locating 0....

Premium Content Subscriber only A man tried to break in to a police car, while officers were seated in the car, and then wanted to fight the officers. Keith John Matheson, 30, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of attempt to break into a premises, contravene requirement to state name and address and two counts of assault a police officer. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police were patrolling Breakspear St, Gracemere, at 3.37am on May 17 last...

Premium Content A woman busted possessing a taser claimed she had it to protect her child. Lisa Marie Hawthorne, 40, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of possessing a weapon, possessing a dangerous drug and possessing a used pipe. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police executed a search warrant on Hawthornes Gracemere residence at 10.25am on April 1 with Hawthorne telling police she owned a bowl containing less than a gram of marijua...

Premium Content Subscriber only A woman who smashed another’s windscreen with a tyre iron and threw a plastic pot full of dirt is out of pocket almost $1500 for damages. Shai Pauline Dexter, 34, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of wilful damage and one of common assault. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police were called to a Rockhampton address on February 12 at 8.46am where a woman had smashed a windscreen with a tyre iron. He said poli...

He said when police requested Watts give them his full name and address, he refused. Sergeant Dalton said Watts appeared physically aggressive and yelled something about not going in the back of the police car. He said Watts was then handcuffed. Sergeant Dalton said Watts had a history of public nuisance offences, including an incident where he yelled abuse at a comedian, threw a glass at the comedian and abused security at the Allenstown Hotel for which he was sentenced to 12 months prison...

Mackay City Patrol Acting Inspector Anthony Cowan last month said Mr Burrage had been testing newly installed headlights on his 4WD and was stopped on an access road when his vehicle was struck by a Mitsubishi Lancer about 7.50pm on March 20. Inspector Cowan said the Lancer had earlier that night come to the attention of police at a roadside traffic operation during which checks found the car had been fitted with allegedly stolen number plates. An East Mackay man police allege was driving th...

Premium Content Subscriber only CQUniversity students and Mackay police bonded over a few games and schooners at a Drink Rite event. Mackay Crime Prevention officers arrived with breathalysers in hand while students were encouraged to bring along drinks of their choosing. Police provided scoreboard and cards for participants to keep track of their drink number and blood alcohol level throughout the evening. CQUniversity student Liam Brown and his scorecard at Mackay police and CQUniversitys D...

Premium Content Subscriber only A POLICE raid uncovered 11 mature cannabis plants and seven seedlings inside a Biloela woman’s house. Aleana Maree Morgan, 34, pleaded guilty to three charges in Biloela Magistrates Court on December 9. The charges were possessing and producing dangerous drugs and possessing utensils or pipes that had been used. The court heard that at 2pm on November 11, police from Moura executed a search warrant at a private residence where Morgan was living at the time. ...