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A number of drink and drug-drivers were dealt with in Rockhampton Magistrates Court this week. Josef Simeon Alexander Schlapfer, 20, had a blood-alcohol content reading of .090 when he was intercepted driving along Bolsover St, Rockhampton, at 7.10am on January 9.
Schlapfer pleaded guilty to the charge in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 28.
Police prosecutor Jess King said Schlapfer told police he had been drinking until about 3am that morning and was driving to the Leichhardt Hotel.
Defence lawyer Samantha Legrady said her client thought he was okay to drive and was going to get food.
Schlapfer was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for three months.
Premium Content CREWS from QAS have attended to patients after they were involved in a two-vehicle crash. Paramedics were called to the scene on Watkin and Takalvan Sts in Svensson Heights, today, about midday. Two patients were transported to Bundaberg Hospital in a stable condition. More to come.