Eight years later, drug addict jailed for his crimes
A drug-addicted traffic controller who repeatedly fled police during a spate of break-ins has faced the music eight years later.
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A drug-addicted traffic controller who repeatedly fled police during a spate of break-ins has faced the music eight years later.
Aaron Robert Dare faced Caboolture Magistrates Court today for a string of offences dating to August 2012.
The court heard it had taken so long for Dare to be dealt with because he had been serving an eight-year jail sentence in NSW.
Dare had then been sentenced for charges linked to a police pursuit during which rocks were hurled at motorists in November 2012.
The stunt almost killed a Guyra man when a rock was hurled through his windscreen, hitting him in the head and leaving him with a brain injury.
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Dare, 35, who appeared via video link from custody after breaching his NSW parole by returning a “dirty” urine sample, pleaded guilty to the list of dated Queensland charges.
They included three counts of failing to stop for police, four counts of entering a premises and committing an indictable offence by break and the unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
The court heard Dare, who was 27 at the time of these offences, was in the grips of drug addiction when the series of offences occurred.
The court heard most of the offending was the result of Dare trying to feed his addiction, which at times saw him use five points of methylamphetamine.
The court heard the former Caboolture High School student, who had an array of jobs including as a traffic controller, cotton presser, truck driver, had been a getaway driver for some offences had made full admissions to police.
He was given a head sentence of 12 months imprisonment and will be eligible for parole on September 17 - after having served a mandatory 50 days in custody for evading police.