Caboolture youth jailed after high-speed joy ride in stolen care and multiple fraud offences
Police have arrested a 20-year-old Caboolture man after a high-speed joy ride in a stolen car was live-streamed on Instagram.
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A 20-year-old Caboolture man has fronted court after live-streaming a high-speed joy ride in a stolen car on social media.
He pleaded guilty to receiving tainted property, two counts of fraud, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, possession of a dangerous drug and breach of bail via video link in Redcliffe Magistrates Court on Monday.
The court heard that Noah Benjamin Brodie Delaney was arrested by police at 1.23am Monday.
Police were notified about a live Instagram feed of unknown people in a suspected stolen Ford Falcon ute.
Due to the speed the car was travelling at police contacted the registered owner of the ute – who walked outside and told police his car had been stolen from his front yard.
Police spotted the car at about 1.15am along Pumicestone Rd, Caboolture and attempted to intercept it.
The driver sped off.
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Police deployed a tyre deflation device and after a short pursuit the car collided with a guard rail near the Bruce Highway on-ramp at Caboolture.
The court heard the driver fled on foot and Delaney, a passenger in the car, was arrested.
He was also found in possession of a small amount of cannabis.
Police also charged Delaney in relation to several other crimes linked to the theft of a car, phone, wallet and bank card from an 80-year-old Caboolture man on September 13.
The court heard the victim had left his door of his unit unlocked as he was unwell and a neighbour was coming to check on him.
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At about 6am in the morning someone entered the home and stole his belongings of the table and his car.
CCTV footage showed Delaney using the stolen card to buy $52.80 worth of McDonald’s at about 6.50am on the same day.
He then tried to use the card at a 7/11 at North Lakes but the transaction was declined.
Delaney was spotted in the stolen car at 7.48am the same day – and was charged with receiving tainted property and the fraud offences.
Magistrate Mark Bucknall said Delaney was on parole for break and enters at the time of the offences.
He said Delaney had previously been found guilty of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, break and enter and fraud.
Duty Lawyer Dean Mayr told the court Delaney had spent most of his childhood under the care of Department of Child Safety.
He said he had been homeless since getting out of prison.
Magistrate Bucknall sentenced him to 12 months for the unlawful use of a motor vehicle, 15 months for receiving tainted goods, four months for each of the fraud charges.
He ordered the sentences be served concurrent and set a parole eligibility date on Feb 27, 2021.