Bad drivers: List of Stanthorpe motorists nabbed for drink/drug driving
A 43yo was nearly four times the legal alcohol limit when police found him asleep in his car, and was just one of the people sentenced in Stanthorpe Magistrates Court.
Police & Courts
Woman hospitalised after head-on car crash
A driver was taken to Stanthorpe Hospital with chest pain and her car left extensively damaged after she was struck by a P-plater in a collision at a busy intersection on Tuesday morning.
CRIME WRAP: Drunk driver 5x limit, others charged over theft, fleeing police, drugs
A string of alleged offenders are due to front Stanthorpe court, including a man police say was drunk when he flipped his car and a man who police say threatened a cop before crashing his car just minutes later.
Car rolls after ‘slipping off highway’ in wet weather
Emergency services say the ute towing a trailer rolled while attempting a U-turn at a major Stanthorpe intersection, suggesting wet conditions could be to blame.
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Police Operation Sapphire Beach
Heavily armed police were involved in this morning’s search warrant north of Coffs Harbour.
House party ends in $1300 fine for southwest woman
AFTER police attended the residence from a noise complaint and located a large amount of people gathering, they slapped the host with a Covid-19 non compliance fine.
Couple fined $2600 for taking drugs to park during shutdown
POLICE were directed to take an ‘educational’ approach to COVID-19 compliance unless a person blatant disregard. Having drugs at the park ticked that box.
Police appeal after dog squad search for missing woman
After a police search involving the dog squad this week, police have renewed calls for information into the whereabouts of a missing Northern NSW woman.
Bad Grandma fights jail due to virus fear
A 69-year-old woman involved in an assault on her ex-lover is pleading with the courts not to be sent to prison as she fears a risk of contracting COVID-19.
Elderly man robbed at knifepoint
A 70-year-old man was in his driveway when a group of men armed with a knife stole his personal belongings as well as his car.
Mad driver claimed he had sex toy shoved in his face
THE man claimed people in another car had thrown rocks at his car before ramming his car on a road near Highfields.
Armed man on the run after attempted servo theft
An armed man is on the loose after he attempted to rob a major Sunshine Coast service station early this morning.
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