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Stuart William Cosgrove, 20, appeared by phone on January 5 from the Australian Capital Territory. The court was told that on November 29, Cosgrove was intercepted on Malpas St, Boyne Island, where he said he’d consumed alcohol at a licensed premises prior to driving. He blew 0.083. Defence lawyer Jun Pepito said his client had tried to pace his drinks and he thought he was okay to drive. Cosgrove was fined $800 and disqualified from driving for three months. Read more drink-driving cases:

Premium Content Subscriber only When police found two bongs in Joelene Andriea Hemara’s Gladstone house, she insisted they belonged to someone else. Police conducted a search warrant at Caincross St, Sun Valley, when Hemara was not home. They contacted her by phone and she declared a used syringe in the bedroom cupboard. Police located 0.4g of marijuana, an Ice Break bottle fashioned into a water pipe and a beer bottle with a glass pipe infused into the side, along with the syringe. When spoken to, Hemara said the bongs belonged to someone else, however she was aware the items were in th...

On June 3 police searched a Barney Point address where they located less than 0.1g of meth, six clipseal bags, 0.5g of marijuana, another 2.5g of marijuana, 17 Lyrica capsules, a homemade water pipe, a Dare coffee bottle fashioned into a utsenil and a red and brass coloured pipe. On June 11 at 7.50am police were called to a New Auckland address where they located Wehi who said she’d injected herself with three points of ice over the past 12 hours. An ambulance was called and she was placed under an emergency examination however refused to comply with paramedics’ instructions. Wehi...

Premium Content Subscriber only A GLADSTONE security guard conceded he should have known better when police found a baton in his car door. William James Lennon was pulled over on August 25 at West Stowe where the extendible baton was located in the driver side door. He said the baton was his and was used for work, however at the time he was not on the way to or from work. Lennon told police he was moving and forgot the baton was within his reach. Police prosecutor Senior Constable Carl Spargo told Gladstone Magistrates Court on December 8 there were storage requirements for the baton whic...

Premium Content Subscriber only A FORMER child safety worker said she had lost her livelihood following a spiral into drug use. Kym Leanne McDonald’s trouble began on March 12, 2019 when she was caught driving while SPER suspended on the Dawson Highway at Calliope. A couple of months later on May 11 she declared 0.5g of marijuana which she said she had purchased a day before for $25. McDonald then failed to appear in court on July 15, 2019 and January 13, 2020. She was in trouble again on March 7 when she was pulled over on George St, Rockhampton where she tested positive for meth. On J...