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Jon AndrewsCourt reporter

Jon Andrews is a suburban court reporter with nearly two decades of experience.

A fishtailing Frankston P-plater driving his ute tried to get a clean getaway after leaving a car wash. But cops were watching his every move.

A sozzled Edithvale spirits lover was so smashed she didn’t realise her car’s front wheels were wedged between a bollard and a garden bed.

A 21-year-old Dandenong North hoon was chased by chopper cops as she raced at three times the speed limit on the wrong side of the road.

These suburban footy players may have starred on the ground but off-field their performances were far from Brownlow-worthy.

A tooled-up junkie thief who went on a burglary spree so he could buy a block of land is now spending his days in a prison cell.

A former brothel receptionist and drug trafficker has again faced court, this time for forging payslips to illegally get a rental house.

A cannabis cultivator has grassed himself up, walking into a cop shop and telling officers he had a ganja growhouse in his garage.

An alleged thief who targeted 24 businesses in a burglary bender has been let out of jail after a court promise from his mother.

Shocking seven: A road rule rogue was nabbed off his head while behind the wheel again, but under the law he can’t be sent down.

‘Romeo and Juliet’: A lawyer has likened the life of his violent client to that of the families in the Shakespearean tragedy.