A 6kVA generator was taken from a carport in Cannonvale.
Sen-Sgt Blain said the generator was taken overnight between Sunday and Monday from the MacArthur Dve property.
The residents saw the sensor light go on overnight, but did not think too much of it until they realised the next day the generator had been stolen.
Sen-Sgt Blain said stealing offences were not common in the area but police did not want to see thefts occurring.
“We ask people who have those items to take extra care,” he said.
Two road crashes
Police have responded to two road crashes in the past few days, the first being a four-vehicle crash near Plants Whitsunday.
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Subscriber only A Whitsunday businesswoman and former council candidate has fronted court after calling police c ts and f -ing idiots on New Year s Eve. Heidi Michelle Ward faced Proserpine Magistrates Court this week charged with obstructing a police officer in the vicinity of a licensed premises, committing public nuisance in the vicinity of a licensed premises and breaching bail. Magistrate James Morton noted Ward already had charges proceeding through the courts dating back to December 2019 and Ward confirmed this, saying she had pleaded not guilty. The court heard one of the charges - assault occasioning bodily harm - was progressing through Mackay District Court while others were proceeding through the magistrates court.
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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