'Pain meds and VB': Drink-driver's dangerous cocktail
Premium Content Subscriber only A man who consumed a cocktail of heavy beer and pain medication before driving faced Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday. Joseph Robert Staehr, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of drink-driving and driving an unregistered vehicle. Police prosecutor Tanya Griffiths read the facts of Staehrâs case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. She said at 1.28pm on August 24 last year, Tannum Sands police patrolling Tannum Sands Rd, intercepted Staehr for a roadside breath test. He returned a reading of 0.076. Staehr made admissions to police he had consum...
Source: gladstoneobserver.com.au