Schalcher pleaded guilty to driving without proper control and driving under the influence of liquor. Lawyer Geoff Govey, acting for Schalcher, said the Bloomsbury man lost his job because of the crash. Not only has he had this accident, will lose his licence and he s also in a position that he s lost a $140,000 year job, Mr Govey said. Mr Govey told the court on top of that, Schalcher was driving his employer s ute at the time and wrote it off so he had an arrangement to pay out its lease, which worked out to be almost $18,000. The court heard the diesel fitter and his fiance, who share three children, recently bought a home in Bloomsbury.
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Matthew Stewart Davis A Cannonvale man was busted driving with marijuana in his system and then just over a week later, was caught with the drug in his possession. Police pulled over Matthew Stewart Davis on Jubilee Pocket Rd on November 28 and found he had marijuana in his saliva. Police prosecutor Acting Senior Sergeant Jay Merchant told Proserpine Magistrates Court Davis was then found with 7g of marijuana in his pocket during a search on December 9. Davis pleaded guilty to drug-driving and possessing dangerous drugs. The 41-year-old man told the court he used marijuana to help him sleep and was unemployed because of health issues, but he was actively looking for work.