Sergeant Molinaro News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Premium Content Subscriber only An Ipswich court has heard a man caught with an ice stash hidden in his shoe had taken steps to shake his drug addiction prior to facing sentence this week. Ethan Ellison was said to have taken part in the Court Link program designed to help defendants tackle the issues that often underlie their offending. After completing the program with positive results, Ethan Ernest Ellison, 27, from Bundamba, pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to eight charges including possession of the drug ice; driving when drug positive; three charges of stealing; possession o...

Premium Content Subscriber only A MAN who fled police in his car and then on foot was later found hiding on the roof of a house by the dog squad. Going before Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence, Aiden Michael Kinnane, 28, pleaded guilty to nine charges with eight of them occurring on February 11 this year. The charges include failing to stop for police; evading police; driving when drug positive; dangerous operation of a motor vehicle when adversely affected; obstruct police; trespass; and two counts of driving when disqualified. Kinnane appeared from jail via video-link having spent 91 d...

Premium Content Subscriber only A ROSEWOOD man who climbed onto a roof of a stranger's house and began throwing down roof tiles also took part in service station break-ins that netted in excess of $25,000 in cigarettes. Appearing for sentence from jail via video-link, Troy John Currey, 33, pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to 16 offences including enter premises and stealing, serious assault; receiving; going armed in public; wilful damage; driving when disqualified; and unlawful use of a motor vehicle. Prosecutor Sergeant Molinaro said Currey was serving a jail sentence but was ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A WOMAN with a mounting history of stealing clothes, cosmetics and alcohol has been handed a 100-day jail term this week. Stephanie-Dawn Mackenzie’s defence lawyer was at loss to explain her actions when appearing before the Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence. Mackenzie, 24, from Goodna, pleaded guilty to 11 charges including nine charges of stealing and two for failing to appear at court. She appeared from jail via video-link. Prosecutor Sergeant Molinaro said Mackenzie was stealing items that were not essential, including dresses, wine, mirrors, jew...

Premium Content Subscriber only A woman who assaulted a paramedic, a nurse and a police officer in separate incidents later said that she had a major problem with alcohol consumption. Nearly three years after the first of the drunken incidents, Christine Gillies went before Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence. Christine Estelle Gillies, 41, from Atkinsons Dam, pleaded guilty to nine offences including two charges of serious assault/resist public officers while adversely affected by an intoxicating substance; serious assault public officer performing public function by spitting when adverse...