Jacqueline Maree Gilliam caught with meth and stolen guns after police assault

A young mother and dump truck operator pulled over for driving unlicensed tried to run away from and assaulted police, before her texts showed she had tried to sell meth and stolen guns.

A young mother pulled over for driving unlicensed tried to run away from and assaulted police, before her texts showed she had tried to sell meth and stolen guns.

A Nebo mum resisted arrest and struck police officers after being pulled over for unlicensed driving, but it was the contents of her phone that got her in serious trouble.

Magistrate Bronwyn Hartigan said Jacqueline Maree Gilliam had been a “law abiding citizen for 29 years” before a relationship break down sent her down a dark path towards drugs and criminality — with her texts revealing attempts to sell meth and stolen firearms.

“You were unlicensed driving, then we police tried to arrest you, you have run away and assaulted police by striking them in the arms multiple times,” Ms Hartigan said.

“The most serious charge was receiving tainted property, firearms as a result of somebody stealing them from a licensed gun holder.

“And then through text messages it was established you were trying to sell those weapons.”

Jacqueline Maree Gilliam was sentenced on Wednesday for a host of charges including meth possession and trying to sell stolen guns. Photo: Contributed

The court heard Gilliam’s texts also revealed she had offered to sell meth to a contact and she was also found with 0.01 grams in her possession, though sales for the drugs and guns did not go through.

The now-30 year old pleaded guilty to receiving tainted property, assaulting an officer, obstructing an officer, ignoring an officer’s direction, possessing dangerous drugs, supplying dangerous drugs, unlawfully supplying weapons, possessing drug utensils, trespassing, and driving with a license disqualified by court order.

Jacqueline Maree Gilliam was sentenced on Wednesday for a host of charges including meth possession and trying to sell stolen guns. Photo: Contributed

Gilliam’s crime spree occurred between June and July 2023, the court heard, but her descent into drug use began about four years ago.

She had an established 12-year work history as a dump truck operator but lost that job in December 2023, though the court heard she was working part time as an administrator.

Jacqueline Maree Gilliam was sentenced on Wednesday for a host of charges including meth possession and trying to sell stolen guns. Photo: Contributed

“It does seem like you were a vulnerable person around that time ... when your relationship broke down with the father of your child,” Ms Hartigan said.

“You’ve paid a high price for this (and) having a child is a major incentive for you to keep your life on track.

“Now that you’ve left behind those other people and left behind the drugs behind is the key.

“Because drugs are the pathway to the others, the others are the pathway to criminal offending and then, as you know, the pathway to jail.”

Ms Hartigan said it was in the best interest of the community that Gilliam rehabilitate herself and sentenced her to a 12 month probation period with no convictions recorded.