Drink drivers, drug drivers who faced Gladstone court
A man who was found asleep in his car was one of the latest drink drivers to face Gladstone court.
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The following people pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court to either drink driving or drug driving offences.
Drink driving
Traffic conviction recorded
Neil Colin Smith, 46
Smith blew a reading of .139 after police intercepted him on Gordon Street, Mackay, on March 16.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 22 to drink driving.
With three previous similar offences in the past five years, Smith was fined $900 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for six months.
A traffic conviction was recorded.
Bradley James Brown, 46
Brown blew a reading of .055 after he was intercepted by police at Miriam Vale on June 1.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 22 to drink driving and two counts of unlicensed driving.
With one previous similar offence in the past five years, Brown, an underground coal miner, was fined $600 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for three months.
A traffic conviction was recorded.
Levi-Jay Samuel Szily, 40
Szily blew a reading of .051 after he was tested by police on Kirkwood Road, Gladstone, on April 27.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 22 to drink driving.
With no similar offending in the past five years, Szily, currently in between jobs, was fined $400 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for one month.
A traffic conviction was recorded.
Cameron Anthony Hill, 32
P-plater Hill was on a zero alcohol limit when he blew .032 on the Dawson Hwy, Calliope, on July 6.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 21 to drink driving.
With one similar offence in the past five years, Hill was fined $500 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for three months.
Drink driving
No traffic conviction recorded
Kenneth Carter, 49
Carter blew a reading of .080 after he was tested by police at Boyne Island on April 21.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 22 to drink driving.
The court heard that Carter came to police attention after they found him asleep in his vehicle at the Wyndham Park carpark.
With no prior offending of this sort, Carter, a chef and father of three, was fined $500 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for one month.
No traffic conviction was recorded.
Lennon Darren Morrison, 23
Morrison blew a reading of 0.063 after police intercepted him on Kirkwood Rd, Gladstone, on July 4.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 22 to drink driving.
With no prior similar offending, Morrison, employed, was fined $400 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for one month.
No traffic conviction was recorded.
Drug driving
Traffic conviction recorded
Matthew James Bates, 37
Bates had cannabis in his system when police tested him at O’Connell, Gladstone, on May 26.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 22 to drug driving.
With no similar offending in the past five years, Bates was fined $350 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for one month.
A traffic conviction was recorded.
Travis Dean Millhouse, 47
Millhouse had methamphetamine, MDMA and cannabis in his system when police tested him on Toolooa Street, Gladstone, on May 27.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 21 to drug driving.
With no prior offending of this sort, Millhouse was fined $650 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for four months.
A traffic conviction was recorded.
Nickita Vasilivich Basargin, 36
Basargin had cannabis in his system when he was intercepted by police on QAL Access Rd, South Trees, on May 27.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 21 to drug driving.
With no prior similar offending of this sort, Basargin, a father of three and medicinal cannabis user, was fined $350 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for one month.
A traffic conviction was recorded.
Nikolas Frederick Beckett, 49
Beckett had methamphetamine in his system when police tested him on Barney St, Barney Point, on June 4.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 21 to drug driving.
With no prior similar offending of this kind, Beckett, a tradesman, was fined $450 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for one month.
A traffic conviction was recorded.
Scott David Grech, 42
Grech had methamphetamine in his system when police intercepted him on French St, Gladstone, on June 3.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 21 to drug driving.
With a previous similar offence in the past five years, Grech was fined $450 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for one month.
A traffic conviction was recorded.
Drug driving
No traffic conviction recorded
Max Schedny Wassell, 25
Wassell had cannabis in his system when police intercepted him on the Bruce Hwy, Benaraby, on May 19.
He pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on July 21 to drug driving.
With no prior similar offending of this sort, Wassell was fined $350 by Magistrate Mary Buchanan and disqualified from driving for one month.
No traffic conviction was recorded.
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