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Premium Content Subscriber only A pregnant woman busted possessing drugs also had a spring-loaded knife concealed in a black hand grenade. Jodi Elizabeth Richmond, 27, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of possessing a dangerous drug, possessing drug utensils and possessing a category M weapon. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police executed a search warrant on a residence in Burnett St, Berserker, at 10am on October 1, 2020, locating 0.03g of marijuana in a pink container, along with a brass cone piece in her hand bag. He said police ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A man tried to break in to a police car, while officers were seated in the car, and then wanted to fight the officers. Keith John Matheson, 30, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of attempt to break into a premises, contravene requirement to state name and address and two counts of assault a police officer. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police were patrolling Breakspear St, Gracemere, at 3.37am on May 17 last year, looking for juveniles. He said at 4am, they noticed Matheson in the front yard of a house. Se...

Premium Content A woman busted possessing a taser claimed she had it to protect her child. Lisa Marie Hawthorne, 40, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of possessing a weapon, possessing a dangerous drug and possessing a used pipe. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police executed a search warrant on Hawthorne's Gracemere residence at 10.25am on April 1 with Hawthorne telling police she owned a bowl containing less than a gram of marijuana, along with a bong. He said police also located a taser in another bed room which Hawthorne cla...

Premium Content Subscriber only A woman who smashed another’s windscreen with a tyre iron and threw a plastic pot full of dirt is out of pocket almost $1500 for damages. Shai Pauline Dexter, 34, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of wilful damage and one of common assault. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police were called to a Rockhampton address on February 12 at 8.46am where a woman had smashed a windscreen with a tyre iron. He said police found the rear windscreen smashed and other damage to the vehicle when they arrived. Sergeant Dal...

He said when police requested Watts give them his full name and address, he refused. Sergeant Dalton said Watts appeared physically aggressive and yelled something about not going in the back of the police car. He said Watts was then handcuffed. Sergeant Dalton said Watts had a history of public nuisance offences, including an incident where he yelled abuse at a comedian, threw a glass at the comedian and abused security at the Allenstown Hotel for which he was sentenced to 12 months prison, wholly suspended and operational for two years in March 2019. He said that sentence was reopened ...