The not so magnificent seven high range drink drivers of Toowoomba
These are the Toowoomba drivers who were caught drunk behind the wheel. See the list of names.
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Toowoomba drivers recorded some high breath/alcohol readings over the past 12 months including Christopher James Harvey who set what is believed to be a record for the region of 0.44 in broad daylight.
He blew more than nine times legal limit
In what was believed to be a new record for high-range drink driving in Toowoomba, a 57-year-old man returned a blood/alcohol reading almost nine times the legal limit.
A motorist stopped at traffic lights on Bridge St, Wilsonton, was in the right turning lane across the street from the Wilsonton Shopping Centre about 3pm when the car behind him bumped into his car.
She told police she hadn’t been drinking …
A woman driver who blew a breath/alcohol reading more than four times the legal limit had initially denied to police that she had been drinking or driving.
Kaylene Alice Coutts, got out of the car with her hands in the air, police prosecutor Chris Willson told the court.
Reckons he was okay to drive, reading said otherwise
Glen Robert Jordan had consumed enough grog to put him at more than four times over the legal limit, but he still felt okay to drive.
The police and Magistrate Graham Lee did not share Jordan’s assessment, leading to a $1300 fine and a 12-month licence disqualification.
Just two shots of vodka returned .2 reading
A Toowoomba driver who blew a breath/alcohol reading more than four times the legal limit told police he had drunk two shots of vodka.
Noel James Willis told Toowoomba Magistrates Court that since having a gastric bypass alcohol went straight to his system.
Self rehab lessens penalty for high reading
A Toowoomba woman had taken a number of positive steps to rehabilitate after being caught driving on a city street with a breath/alcohol reading four times the legal limit.
Grace Kathleen Jarrett Keogh had crashed her car while driving on Greenwattle St about 7.15pm, February 18, Toowoomba Magistrates Court heard.
Crashed car no impediment for young drink-driver
A 21-year-old man who crashed his car on the way home from a Toowoomba hotel but kept driving blew a breath/alcohol reading almost four times the legal limit.
A police patrol driving on Griffith St, Harlaxton, about 2am, had spotted a car with dents crossing over double white lines.
‘Roo bounding across Newtown street caused crash
A driver who claimed he crashed his car on a Toowoomba street while trying avoid a kangaroo blew a breath/alcohol reading almost four times the legal limit.
Asked what had happened, the 32-year-old told police he had been drink driving and had swerved to avoid a kangaroo, the court heard.
Specialist police called to help in search for missing man
A search and rescue operation is under way at a popular fishing hole after a young man vanished.
District Court sittings at Toowoomba, October 8
Here is a list of District Court sittings at Toowoomba on October 8
Everybody appearing at Toowoomba Magistrates Court, Tuesday, October 8
Here is a list of matters listed at Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Teen stockpiles stolen cars over week-long crime spree
In just over a week, a Queensland teen terrorised sleeping residents, breaking into multiple homes and fleeing with their cars in tow.
Everybody appearing at Toowoomba Magistrates Court, Monday, October 7
Here is a list of matters listed at Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Monday.
One woman holds the key to solving 50-year-old double murder
It has been 50 years since two nurses, Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans, were murdered at the bottom of the Toowoomba Range, and despite two coronial inquests, the answer to who did it lies with a mysterious woman who has never been identified.