From a good Samaritan found with a party packet of ecstasy in Airlie to a Moranbah worker’s stash found at a partner’s home, here’s who faced the consequences.
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A young Mackay student who had eight drinks before getting behind the wheel for a snack was slammed for her “disturbing” behaviour.
Mackay Magistrates Court heard 21-year-old Georgia Gemma King returned a blood-alcohol reading of 0.172 in the early hours of April 2.
Prosecutor Harry Coburn said Mackay police found the nursing student sitting beside her car, which had a flat tyre, at 1.25am along Broadsound Street in Paget.
He said King had earlier drank a six-pack of beer as well as two flutes of wine over five hours after returning home from work to her Walkerston home.
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A Mackay man intends to go home to NSW to be near his grandparents following his two-month crime spree detailed in court.
Mitchell Turnbull’s string of charges were so extensive it took more than 30 minutes to decipher the details when he presented to Mackay Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The court heard Turnbull was charged with possessing property suspected of being used in commission of a drug offence in Allenstown, Rockhampton on August 4, 2019.
He also had a knife on him, assaulted a police officer and when he was taken to the Rockhampton watch-house he then damaged a blanket, earning himself a charge of wilful damage of police property.
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Subscriber only A Mackay woman whose role is to care for others has unleashed a tirade of abuse at police officers after they caught her drink-driving. Community care worker Charmorne Kleynhans represented herself when she faced Mackay Magistrates Court on Monday charged with low-range drink-driving and being a public nuisance. Prosecutor Robert Beamish said police were called to a disturbance at a Corymbia Court, Andergrove address about 7.50pm on Saturday, January 23. Police took up with (Kleynhans) standing in the middle of the road in a heightened state, Mr Beamish said. Charmorne Kleynhans faced Mackay Magistrates Court on Monday, May 10, 2021. Picture: Facebook
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A Mackay man with âsubstantialâ criminal history will be punished for breaching bail conditions after getting kicked out of a domestic violence program.
Acting Magistrate John Aberdeen said âsomething had to be doneâ about Daniel Erich Recker who faced Mackay Magistrates Court on Monday.
The court heard Recker was sentenced to 12 months probation in April last year after pleading guilty to common assault domestic violence and aggravated contravention of a domestic violence order.
But on March 8 this year, he contravened the bail conditions by failing to complete the mandatory United Care domestic violence program or seeking counselling.