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Subscriber only A man who picked locks as a hobby has received more than $6000 in fines after facing a raft of different charges. Andrew Norman Bauer pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Monday to a number of charges including possessing an instrument of house breaking at night, driving without a licence and possessing a knife in a public place. The court heard police were doing patrols at Kepnock on October 2 last year when they came across Bauer at 1.15am trying to push start a motorbike which he had been riding away from police. Police spoke with Bauer after identifying him as the rider.
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Subscriber only Magistrate John Smith has warned a man not to even think about driving until he has a valid Queensland drivers licence or lawful authority in his hands. Travis John Landt, 24, appeared in the Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday, pleading guilty to one count of driving without a licence disqualified by a court order, and one count of driving while over the no alcohol limit, but not over the general alcohol limit while holding a provisional licence, learner licence or unlicensed. Police Prosecutor Sergeant Grant Klassen said Landt was stopped by police for a random check along Woodgate Rd, Goodwood, on October 3 last year which revealed his licence was disqualified.
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Subscriber only A man has pleaded a magistrate to reconsider his offer after he was sentenced to jail time for using a wooden stake to cause fear near a Walkervale home on Friday night. Caine Nicholas Wilshire pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Monday to one count of going armed so as to cause fear and wilful damage. He appeared in the courtroom via videolink from the Bundaberg Watch House, where he spent the weekend in custody after the incident. The court heard police were called to Maynard St on Friday night after they received reports of an armed person threatening people living in a home in the area.
A mum has been slapped with a fine after she chose to take her covid breach infringement to court. Annalyce J Elizabeth Truswell pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Monday to one charge of failing to comply with a Covid-19 public health direction. On April 8 last year Truswell contacted police after 6pm to report her partner and a friend were missing at Mt Walsh National Park near Biggenden. Police attended and found Truswell in a car as well as three other people, including the reported missing people who had been found. The court heard Truswell had travelled 129km from her home address at Maryborough in breach of the covid restrictions of non-essential travel.
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Subscriber only The man who was involved in a dramatic lunchtime arrest in the middle of the CBD this week has faced court on a raft of charges. Matthew John Browne appeared before the Bundaberg Magistrate Court on Thursday via videolink. The charges included failure to take reasonable care and precautions in respect of syringe or needle, obstruct police, two counts of possession of a knife in a public place and serious assault of a police officer causing bodily harm. The court heard Browne sought to have 10 other separate offences from Brisbane transferred to the Bundaberg jurisdiction; the majority of which are reportedly minor traffic matters.