Central Queensland’s highest range drink drivers of 2023 revealed
As a reminder to not drink and drive this ‘silly season’, see the list of those convicted for the highest range drink driving charges in Central Queensland courts in 2023 so far.
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It’s now the “silly season” where people tend to have a few alcoholic beverages to celebrate the end of the year, Christmas and spending time with family.
As a reminder to not drink and drive, we have compiled a list of those convicted for high range drink driving in Central Queensland courts – Biloela, Gladstone, Rockhampton and Yeppoon - that we were in court for this year to date.
The highest blood-alcohol content (BAC) reading in this list was .330 which is a reading that can put a person into a coma, according to a state government website.
A major statewide police blitz targeting drink drivers kicked off the first weekend of December.
Extra police will be out in force across Queensland’s highways and road networks in an effort to make sure everyone makes it home safe over the holidays.
Tragically, 251 people have lost their lives on Queensland roads this year.
This year’s concentrated operations were brought forward a week to particularly target end-of-year celebrations in the lead-up to Christmas.
Police are urging partygoers planning on drinking to also plan their trip home accordingly without putting themselves and others in danger.
More than 20 per cent of road fatalities in Queensland are linked to drink driving.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Chris Stream from Road Policing and Regional Support Command reminded all road users, including car drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter riders, motorcyclists and truck drivers to take a moment to ensure they are making safe decisions this festive period.
The Queensland Police Service will be conducting Operation Victor Mistletoe over the festive holiday period until January 25, 2024, involving a range of strategies to target motorists speeding, drink and drug driving, driving distracted or not wearing a seatbelt.
THOSE WHO FACED CRT IN 2023
Nathaim Luke Gibson, 37, was sentenced in Rockhampton District Court on April 21 after pleading guilty in Emerald District Court on February 28 to one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing grievous bodily harm while adversely affected by an intoxicating substance. The speedometer was frozen at 130km/h, which was 30km/h over the speed limit.
Gibson had a blood-alcohol content reading of .189.
Shannon Allen-John Steinhardt, 38, had a BAC of .227 when he crashed his car on Wandal Rd, Rockhampton, on May 19.
He pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on October 17 to driving without due care and attention and drink driving.
The court heard Steinhardt told police he was driving along Wandal Rd when he became distracted by his phone on the passenger’s seat.
When he looked back at the road, he saw he was driving towards a fence and hit a power pole, eventually coming to a stop on the side of the road.
Cooper Christine Corbett, 22, had a BAC of .153 and was involved in a car crash on High St, Rockhampton, on August 21 at 9.50pm.
Corbett pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on September 27 to one count each of driving without red P plates fitted in the required way, driving UIL, failing to comply with the duties of a driver involved in a crash and give the driver’s required particulars to any other driver involved and keeping a safe distance behind vehicles.
Corbett hit a person’s vehicle from behind when they were stopped at a red traffic light and drove past them when they had pulled over.
Shane Michael Charman, 32, a blood alcohol reading of .157 when he crashed his Nissan Navara into a resident’s front fence on Cocoanut Point Drive in Zilzie on August 11, 2023.
He pleaded guilty in Yeppoon Magistrates Court on October 19 to one count of drink driving.
Anthony Brian Lanyon, 49, blew a blood-alcohol reading of .151 after he was intercepted by police at Biloela on August 4.
Lanyon pleaded guilty to drink-driving on September 20.
Noah Cairnes, 19, blew a reading of .164 after he was involved in a single-vehicle crash at Biloela on July 30.
He pleaded guilty to drink-driving in Biloela Magistrates Court on September 20.
Ryan James Houston blew a reading of .171 after he was intercepted by police on Mary Street, Yeppoon, on April 2.
Cameron Wallace Kehl had a blood-alcohol content reading of .198 when he was intercepted driving along the Capricorn Highway at Blackwater on March 1 at 5.51pm.
Maxwell Gregory Maynard was 0.187 drunk when police saw that something was seriously wrong with his driving through the streets of Yeppoon.
Maynard was in a Toyota Camry that did not belong to him when he accelerated sharply, causing the rear wheels to lose traction twice.
Maynard also swerved over double white lines before getting the car back onto the correct side of the road.
He then had to “heavily” brake to avoid hitting other traffic.
After police activated lights and sirens and pulled Maynard over, they saw him throw an open can of VB out of the car window.
Officers also discovered that the vehicle was defective – the rear boot was ajar and didn’t close properly.
Things got worse for Maynard as due to a previous drink-driving offence, he was supposed to have an interlock device fitted to any vehicle he drove – and he did not have one.
Christopher John Ferguson blew a reading of .153 after he was intercepted by police on Mary Street, Yeppoon, on April 1.
Tina Lee Alexander blew a reading of .211 when she was caught drink driving at Moura on January 1.
Marlon Joe Bradden, 36, had a blood alcohol reading of .330 and had a loaded gun, machete and tomahawk in his car when he was busted drink driving in Banana on February 22.
His lawyer said at the time of the offending, he was drinking two cartons a day.
Brendan Jeffrey Moisy, 39, a Central Queensland mine worker, was clocked driving at 152km/h in a 100km/hr zone with a BAC of .226 on Yeppoon Road on January 16.
Moisy had a previous similar offence (. 229 – being in charge of a vehicle) on his history from 2020 which saw him get fined $1000 and disqualified from driving for seven months.
Maema Wosomo, 44, had a BAC of .172 after a drunken crash on New Year’s Day on Quarry Street, Rockhampton.
She told police the night before she had been drinking a jug of beer at the pub.
Joel Graeme Herbert blew a reading of .177 when police tested him at Agnes Water on December 31 last year.
Anita Regina Hogden, 60, a blood alcohol reading of .181 when she was intercepted parked on Mulara Road at Bondoola about 9.10pm on April 8.
Garth Michael Burnage blew a reading of .164 when he was caught drink driving on Normanby Street, Yeppoon, on December 15.
Danielle Hannah Rensonnet blew a reading of .203 when she was caught drink driving on Braithwaite Street, Yeppoon, on January 1.
Nuer Deng Pach Deng, 29, was a learner driver busted high-range drink driving twice in the space of as many months – the first on December 23 last year with a blood alcohol reading of .174 and the second on February 16 with a blood alcohol reading of .190. Read more here: L driver’s two drink drives in two months – one after drinking 1.25 litre of bourbon
Max James Petersen returned a blood alcohol reading of .153 after police intercepted him driving on Rockhampton Road on March 5.
Rebecca Constance Tyrrell, 25, had a blood alcohol reading of .234 when she was involved in a single vehicle crash on the Dawson Highway in West Gladstone on December 15.
Nicholas Charles Adnum was intercepted by police about 2.50am on Kirkwood Rd before blowing more than three times over, recording a BAC of 0.162.
Wanda Terese Nicholson blew 0.195, hours after she stopped driving her vehicle, following a tip-off from neighbours to police on October 9.
Metusela Ki, 26, blew a reading of .188 when he was caught drink driving while unlicensed on Grevillea Street, Biloela, on January 22.
John David Belford, 49, blew a reading of .151 after he was intercepted by police on Hampton Dr, Tannum Sands, on May 5.
Mitchell John Webster, 26, blew a reading of .155 after he was intercepted on Malpas Street, Boyne Island, on April 23.
Timothy Scott Southwood, 32, blew a reading of .169 after he was caught riding a motorbike while unlicensed on Anderson Street, Turkey Beach, on April 7.
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