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Subscriber only A Logan store manager whose marriage was breaking down stole more than $7000 in cash and stock from his former Lockyer Valley employer, pocketing the cash and handing out tyres to his mates. Shailer Park man Arron John Bourke, 30, pleaded guilty in Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday to six offences committed against his former employer, Gatton Tyres & More, where he was the store manager, between November 1 and December 25, 2019. They included four counts of stealing by a clerk/servant and one count each of forgery and uttering a forged document. Shailer Park man Arron John Bourke, 30. Picture: Facebook
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Subscriber only A young Redlands man has pleaded guilty in court to a single charge of wilful damage stemming from a drunken incident at a Logan sports club. Mount Cotton man Thomas James Clarke Fitzpatrick, 22, fronted Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Wednesday. The court heard the incident occurred at the Lions @ Springwood sports club on the evening of July 17 last year. Mount Cotton man Thomas James Clarke Fitzpatrick, 22. Picture: Alex Treacy Fitzpatrick approached an associate at a pokie machine about 8.50pm and inexplicably poured part of his alcoholic beverage into the note receiver. The machine subsequently stopped working and required extensive repairs as liquid had entered the electronics, the court heard.
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Subscriber only A young Logan woman was allegedly part of a trio who stormed a residence on Monday armed with a homemade pistol and baseball bat and went on a property-damaging rampage before police were called. Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Tuesday heard Marsden woman Emily Nicole Marie Blanckensee, 27, was allegedly part of the trio. She has been charged with two counts of wilful damage and one count each of burglary while armed in company, receiving tainted property, possessing a Category H firearm, possessing unauthorised explosives, and unlawful use of a motor vehicle. Marsden woman Emily Nicole Marie Blanckensee, 27. Picture: Facebook
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Subscriber only An alleged Ipswich bikie busted wearing a pin bearing club insignia en route to an outlaw motorcycle gang event at the Gold Coast has claimed in court the offending item was a military badge worn for good luck. North Ipswich motor mechanic Glenn Trevor Statham, 65, who Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Tuesday heard is a confirmed member of OMCG Odin s Warriors, according to police prosecutor Snr Const Jeanette Mitchell, pleaded guilty to a single charge of wearing a prohibited item in public. The offence occurred the morning of August 19, 2019 at Stapylton outside the Gem Hotel. Odin s Warriors were having a known event in the vicinity and as such police were performing stationary licence checks at the hotel s service station.