Premium Content Milton Plath reckons he attracts adventure. He was bitten by a black-tipped reef shark off Lady Musgrave Island - "that left me with eight or nine holes in my leg" - and stung by a jellyfish at Agnes Water. But nothing could have prepared the 22 year old for the events of Tuesday afternoon, when his was the sixth vehicle allegedly stolen during a spree which lasted nearly eight hours. Mr Plath was unaware of the reports an alleged armed man had stolen, firstly, a Toyota Landcruiser from Yeppoon and, next, a Ford Ranger from Gracemere.
Police claim they were followed by the theft of a Nissan Dualis, west of Emerald, and then a silver Isuzu MU-X from Anakie.