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Subscriber only A young woman has learnt the hard way the importance of keeping track of how much you drink before you get behind the wheel after crashing her car on a residential street. Brodie-Lee Louise Reardon, 23, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday to driving under the influence of liquor. At 10.55pm on November 18 police were called to a crash on Sims Rd where a car had left the road and collided with brick garden edging. Police spoke with Reardon who told them she owned the car and was the driver. Reardon told police she was driving back home from the East End Hotel and was eating a sausage roll at the time of the incident.
You hear them before you see them and this week, three hoons caught in the Bundaberg area faced up to their actions. They each faced Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday where they were each charged in relation to three separate hooning incidents.
Marcus Aaron Mallyon - Hooning location: Duffy St and River Terrace, Millbank Marcus Aaron Mallyon pleaded guilty to one count of wilfully making unnecessary noise or smoke. The court heard resident near Duffy St and River Terrace in Millbank heard and saw a grey commodore being driven in a matter which caused noise and smoke at 7am on November 23 last year.
It started as a motorbike ride with a mate but for one Bundaberg rider it would end with his friend mortally wounded and police laying a string of charges against him.
When police attended the scene of the crash that killed Beau Roberts they discovered his mate and riding partner Wylie Ethan Moon had committed offences which would land him in court.
Moon pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday to driving while disqualified by a court order, driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle and driving with paper number plates.
The court heard Moon was riding a motorbike with Beau Roberts at Alloway on November 2, before Roberts suffered fatal injuries in a crash with another vehicle.
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It’s been a long year, but 2020 has finally come to an end.
It’s been a year dominated by change and adaptability with Covid-19 forcing lockdowns, shutdowns and workarounds.
But while the covid pandemic may have brought some things to a halt, one thing that hasn’t stopped is the news, and it’s been a big year for news in Bundy.
Take a look back at some of the most talked about stories from this year. Covid-19 reached Bundaberg in March after an Oral Health Service employee tested positive.
On March 14, it was confirmed Covid-19 had reached Bundaberg after an employee of the Bundaberg Oral Health Service tested positive for the virus.
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A number of people have faced court after being charged following a number of search warrants in the Bundaberg region.
Jason Ronald Devine, Tom Jackson Willis, Peter William Howard, Luke Roydon Hawkshaw, and Richard Allan Martin all faced Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Friday facing a number of drug related charges.
All five men had their matters adjourned to be mentioned again in the new year.
Last month, police in the Wide Bay Burnett and Sunshine Coast Districts charged a total of 10 people as part of ongoing enforcement action against outlaw motorcycle gang members and associates.
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