Page 5 - Magistrate Bevan News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Premium Content Subscriber only A prolific drug offender’s criminal history was further extended on Tuesday as she faced Gladstone Magistrates Court yet again. Zoie-Jane Collins, 30, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing dangerous drugs and possessing property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Collins’ case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. Police intercepted Collins driving on Toolooa St, South Gladstone, at 1am on March 15. After a brief conversation, police detained Collin...

A Gladstone man’s holiday to Sydney landed him in trouble.

Premium Content Subscriber only A man’s drug smoking habit was uncovered by police who could smell his cannabis from the unit next door, a court has heard. Brandon-Lee Jackson, 26, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to possessing dangerous drugs, possessing utensils or pipes for use and possessing property suspected of being used in connection with the commission of a drug offence. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of the case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On March 28, around 10.30pm, police attended a unit on Off Lane for an unrelated enquiry...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Gladstone man made frank admissions to drug use after being intercepted by police on a busy road. Blair Rowland Skipper, 45, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to drug-driving. Police Prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Skipper’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On October 24 last year, about 11.30am, Skipper was intercepted by police from the Calliope Road Policing Unit patrolling Tank St, Gladstone, and submitted to a roadside drug test. Skipper returned a positive to cannabis.

Premium Content Subscriber only A man who threatened violence against another man while standing on a busy Gladstone road, faced court on Monday. James Thomas Tams, 58, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court to committing a public nuisance offence. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Tams’ case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On March 15, about 4pm, Tams stood on the road at Palm Dr, West Gladstone, yelling “f---” and “c---” at a witness numerous times and words to the effect of “Get the police before I knock this bloke out”....