Dalby’s dumbest criminals and their baffling crimes
From a 38-year-old man showing his penis to police, to a 20-year-old man found in his underpants after drunkenly rolling his car, these are some of the dumbest crimes heard in Dalby courts.
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From a 29-year-old man who frightened several members of the public with a fake handgun to a 38-year-old man who exposed his penis to police, Dalby Magistrates Court has heard some bizarre cases in the last 12 months.
The Dalby Herald has compiled a list of some of the dumbest crimes that have been heard in our courts, from the shockingly stupid, to the downright weird.
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Man drink drives into shopfront while 4x the limit
A Dalby man was so “extremely intoxicated” he accidentally reversed into a shopfront after a boozy session on a Saturday night, a court has heard.
Police prosecutor Derek Brady said a security officer witnessed Adam Carl Shakespeare reverse into a business’ front doors in a car park along Drayton Street about 9pm on April 10.
The court heard he later recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.226 per cent.
He pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving without due care and attention, fined $1600, and disqualified from driving for 14 months.
Man banned from FoodWorks flashes ‘handgun’ in public
A Tara man who was banned from FoodWorks faced court after he walked around town with what appeared to be a loaded handgun.
Dalby Magistrates Court heard James Leon De-Lisle had walked into the Tara BP on September 2, 2020, where two witnesses saw him with what they thought was a black gun in his hand.
Police prosecutor Chris Hutchins said police intercepted the 29-year-old walking along Fry Street shortly afterwards, where he dropped the “weapon”.
Sergeant Hutchins said it was observed to be a gel blaster, and said De-Lisle hadn’t brandished the “toy” in a threatening way when he was at the service station.
De-Lisle pleaded guilty to going armed to cause fear and unauthorised takeaway of shop goods, and was fined $900.
Man flashes penis at police during drunken encounter
A Dalby father has been called a serial nuisance after he flashed his penis during a drunken encounter with police.
Police found Hinch and a friend yelling outside a Dalby home in the early hours of January 9, 2021, and told both men to go into their homes.
Police prosecutor Derek Brady said the 38-year-old refused when asked by police, before he “pulled down his pants and underwear” and “exposed his penis towards police”.
Hinch pleaded guilty to public nuisance and obstructing police, and was sentenced to nine months’ probation.
Drugged-up goon tries to fight cops outside police station
A Jandowae man who yelled at a cop to come out of his police station so he could “f – k [him] up” was so high and drunk he couldn’t tell officers why he was there, a court has heard.
Jason Leslie Waldron stumbled up to Jandowae police station about midnight on September 1, where a policeman observed the 37-year-old yelling at the station.
Dalby Magistrates Court was told Leslie could be heard yelling “come out … you c---, I’ll f – k you up”, and continued to hurl verbal abuse and threats at the building.
Police prosecutor Derek Brady said the 37-year-old was taken to the ground by a police officer, and when he was asked about his behaviour, Waldron couldn’t talk and appeared to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Waldron pleaded guilty to public nuisance, possessing utensils, drugs and a restricted item, and was fined $750.
Woman flees scene of drunken crash after driving through fence
An afternoon binge drinking session for a Glenmorgan woman led to her crashing her Holden Commodore through a fence, and colliding with a phone building.
Police prosecutor Chris Hutchins said Anita Joy Grose attempted a right hand turn at an intersection on Sybil Street and Godfrey Street while drunk on April 28.
The court heard the 27-year-old then travelled onto the wrong side of the road, mounted the footpath and crashed through a fence before ploughing into a Telstra communications exchange building.
She then fled the scene on foot and later recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.139.
Grose pleaded guilty to drink driving, driving without due care and attention, driving disqualified and unregistered, as well as failing to comply with duties involved in a crash.
She was sentenced to nine months’ probation, and was disqualified from driving for two-and-a-half years.
Drink driver was in his underwear after catastrophic rollover
After fleeing the scene of a drunken crash along the Warrego Highway, a 20-year-old man was found an hour later by police wearing nothing but his underwear.
Terence Ian Peter Burchell-Butcher rolled his car several times along the Warrego Highway on December 19, 2020, according to a witness driving behind him.
Police prosecutor Derek Brady said Burchell-Butcher decamped on foot with his swag, after the crash even after he sustained injuries.
The court heard police found Burchell-Butcher an hour later nearby in his underwear with minor cuts and bruises and later recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.179.
Burchell-Butcher pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving without due care and attention, was fined $1400, and disqualified from driving for eight months.
A conviction was recorded for driving without due care and attention.
Macca’s and fuel: Hungry thief fuels up on goods paid with stolen card
A Dalby man who bought Macca’s, cigarettes and clothes during a shopping spree with another person’s bank card has been forced to pay it all back.
Henry Paul Gyemore found a woman’s card after she lost it in Dalby on May 2, 2019, and used it at the BP, Freedom Fuels, and McDonald’s within an hour of it being taken, and was captured on CCTV carrying out the dodgy purchases.
Sergeant Brady said the 42-year-old attempted to buy an item from The Iconic online clothing store as well, but police were able to stop the transaction.
Gyemore pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud, and one each of stealing, receiving tainted property and contravening a community service order.
He was sentenced to nine months’ probation, ordered to pay restitution of $363.49 and his suspended sentence was extended by 14 days.
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