Taylor Ware fronts Toowoomba Magistrates Court over council building break-in

A Daring Downs tradesman told a court a relapse of his ice addiction led him to carry out a botched heist of a Toowoomba Regional Council building.

A Daring Downs tradesman’s told a court a relapse of his ice addiction led him to carry out the botched heist of a Toowoomba Regional Council building.

Toowoomba Magistrates Court has been told two men who broke into a Toowoomba Regional Council building at Cabarlah where caught leaving the crime scene with balaclavas and council property.

One of the men, Taylor Ware, fronted court on Monday morning, November 27, and pleaded guilty to breaking into the building, possessing a used glass pipe, and possessing an item intended for use in connection with an offence under section 419/421 of the criminal code.

Police prosecutor Anita Page said Ware used an angle grinder to break into the council building which is located north of Toowoomba on the New England Highway.

The court heard Wear lived about an hour south of Toowoomba on a rural property with limited reception.

Once inside, Ms Page said CCTV cameras were activated before midnight, and showed two men inside the premises wearing balaclavas.

She said police were notified, and officers intercepted the men who were attempting to leave the property in a car before midnight.

Ms Page said police found a council laptop, tools, an angle grinder, and balaclavas in the car.

She said at first, Ware refused to answer the officer’s questions and he was wearing the same clothing as seen in the CCTV footage.

The court was told the 38-year-old diesel fitter was proud of his ability to sustain work despite his meth addiction, and the crime was instigated by a drug relapse and run-in with an old associate.

The dad was sentenced to a four month jail term which was suspended for eight months.

Originally published as Taylor Ware fronts Toowoomba Magistrates Court over council building break-in