Man arrested for throwing beer bottle ‘with force’
Police said the bottle was ‘thrown with force’ in the Airlie Beach Safe Night Precinct
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A MAN who allegedly smashed a beer bottle on a footpath in Airlie Beach is set to front court.
Officers arrested a 31-year-old man from Redcliffe for public nuisance after he threw a beer bottle at the ground on November 6.
Whitsunday Police Acting Sergeant Jenine Gardel said the bottle was “thrown with force” in the Airlie Beach Safe Night Precinct, causing it to smash on the footpath.
The man was taken to the Whitsunday watch-house before being released on bail.
He will appear before Proserpine Magistrates Court.
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