John Robert Calvert, 32, pleads guilty to damaging Tweed cop shop
The 32-year-old asked the magistrate not to keep him in jail while it was revealed he was subject to parole at the time of the offending.
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A 32-year-old man has admitted to damaging the Tweed Heads Police Station early on Friday morning.
John Robert Calvert pleaded guilty in Tweed Heads Local Court on Friday to two counts of destroying or damaging property and one count of resisting a police officer in the execution of their duty.
According to police facts, Calvert was walking past the station on Wharf Street in Tweed Heads, where he picked up a rock and threw it at a marked police vehicle parked outside the police station, smashing both the front and rear windscreens.
He then threw the rock at the station entrance, smashing several glass doors.
Officers emerged from the station and approached Calvert before he fled south along Wharf Street.
He was arrested after a foot chase on nearby Enid Street before he was taken to Tweed Heads Police Station and charged.
Represented by defence lawyer Lucas Swan, Calvert did not apply for bail.
Mr Swan told the court there was no suitable bail address or conditions available to Calvert.
The court heard Calvert was subject to parole at the time of the offending.
Calvert protested from the audiovisual link.
“Your honour I can’t do this, I can’t go to jail again,” Calvert said.
“This isn’t a fair trial; I don’t get to say anything.”
The matter was adjourned to April 6 for sentence with a Justice Health report to be prepared in the interim.
Calvert remains in custody.
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