Woman charged with 98 offences across Dalby, Toowoomba, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast
A woman will front Dalby Magistrates Court on 98 charges after an alleged four-year long crime spree across SEQ.
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A woman’s alleged fraud spree across parts of the South East Queensland has come to an abrupt end.
Police will allege between June and July 2021, and December 2024 the 35-year-old woman, arrested at Dalby this week, falsely claimed refunds for items she did not purchase at supermarkets across the Toowoomba region, Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.
According to a Queensland Police Service statement, the woman went into a store and collected items that had been previously purchased from shelves and used the receipt to claim a refund from the front counter on four occasions.
Police will further allege the woman was found to be driving a stolen vehicle from a Geebung property in Brisbane on February 27 and stole items from a store on Cunningham St in Dalby on March 7.
She was later seen driving in a vehicle along Cunningham St on March 8 when officers attempted to intercept the vehicle, which failed to stop, police allege in the statement.
A few days later police allege the woman stole items from a supermarket on Condamine St on March 14, and stole items from a sporting goods store on Cunningham St on March 16 before police stopped her at a nearby service station.
When police searched the vehicle, they located a stolen Queensland drivers' licence and three credit cards, the statement alleged.
The Beenleigh woman has been charged with 88 counts of fraud, three counts of stealing, four counts of possessing stolen property, two counts of unlicensed driving and one count each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and evade police.
She is set to appear in Dalby Magistrates Court on April 15.
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