Former top property manager Jessica Dodenciu sentenced for trafficking drugs
A former rising star of the Melbourne property industry has come crashing down to earth after the party girl was nabbed dealing drugs.
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An award-winning former star property manager has avoided jail for dealing drugs.
Jessica Dodenciu, 29, was sentenced in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday after pleading guilty to 40 charges including drug trafficking.
Dodenciu was busted in South Yarra in a car with a swag of drugs including valium, GHB and cocaine on October 11 2018
Police also seized amphetamine, ketamine, cannabis and various other prescription drugs from Dodenciu’s mobile illicit pharmacy.
Dodenciu was arrested, charged and bailed but was soon back on the police radar.
This time Dodenciu was intercepted in Caulfield less than three weeks later with more cocaine and speed.
Dodenciu was also caught with a master lock safe key, an RACV membership and a driver’s licence, all of which were suspected to have been stolen.
Dodenciu was bailed again.
Her time on on the straight and narrow ended in St Kilda West on May 11 this year when she was caught with meth and a weapon
Dodenciu was pinched again at St Kilda on June 18 this year.
Police questioned Dodenciu on the street after she appeared “shaking and confused” and “drug affected”.
The court heard Dodenciu told police that she was in the area to see a “friend”.
Dodenciu also claimed police were “watching” and “stalking” her.
She refused to allow police to search her but officers found her with a stack of stolen mail, tools, a weapon and more meth.
Dodenciu was also caught with several stolen bank cards, prescriptions and Medicare cards.
The court heard Dodenciu, from Warragul, had a “sucessful” real estate career prior to her downfall into drugs in 2018.
Dodenciu was crowned the number two property manager in the state while working for Harcourts in 2014, the court was told.
Her lawyer submitted Dodenciu “went off the rails” after moving from Warrigul to Melbourne.
“She got involved with the wrong people and it all just spiralled out of control,” Dodenciu’s lawyer said.
Dodenciu, who now works as a hairdresser at a Gippsland salon, hoped to resume her real estate career after her court matters were resolved.
Magistrate John Bentley spared Dodenciu a conviction but handed her the order with strict conditions including regular drug testing.
Dodenciu, who also pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods and drug possession, will also need to undertake treatment for drugs.
She appeared via weblink and was supported in court by her mother.
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