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Police spot man’s weed stash on way out

A 24-year-old was close to getting away with his weed stash before police spotted it on their walk to the car.

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16th Feb. 2021 5:02 PM

Jotham Levy was fined for possessing and producing dangerous drugs in Noosa Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

$65k ’love scam’ lands truckie with jail sentence

A man who swindled $65,000 from a stranger’s financial planner says he was being duped by a dating site scam.

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13th Jan. 2021 9:01 AM

Dion James Taylor has been placed on a suspended sentence after a $65,000 fraudulent transfer in January 2016.

‘Sinister’: Drunk neighbour sneaks into teen girl’s room

A 67-year-old man found in his teenage neighbour’s room after she went to bed gave police an unusual reason for his...

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12th Jan. 2021 3:01 PM

William John David Godsall has been fined for trespassing after he was found in a girl's room.

Drunk driver’s $30k crash after texting fail

A Coast man destroyed his car when he smashed into a bridge while texting at more than three times the legal limit.

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09th Dec. 2020 5:12 AM

Jeffrey Douglas Mckelvie leaves Noosa Magistrates Court after being disqualified from driving for a year. Picture: Laura Pettigrew

Former Virgin pilot busted drink driving boat

A former Virgin pilot caught drink driving a hire boat on a Coast river says he is remorseful for his actions.

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28th Oct. 2020 8:10 AM

Josh Mitchell Shaw pleaded guilty in Noosa Magistrates Court on Tuesday to driving a hire and drive motorboat over the general alcohol limit on the Noosa river on September 26. Picture: Social media

Truckie on fraud charge claims dating app scam

A Coast truck driver says he was duped into distributing $65,000 of fraudulent cash.

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21st Oct. 2020 3:10 PM

Dion James Taylor pleaded guilty in the Noosa Magistrates Court to one count of dishonestly obtaining money after police linked his bank account to a $65,000 fraudulent transfer. Picture: Social media

Apprentice chef caught three times in a day

A very “long and bad day” was a defence lawyer’s best summation of his 20-year-old client’s spree of drug driving...

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14th Oct. 2020 5:10 AM

Josh Ryan Macalpine leaves Noosa Magistrates Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to 16 charges including driving under the influence, driving without due care and attention and drug driving. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.

Named: Coast’s naughty drivers face the music

REVEALED: From a badly behaving fisherman to a 24-year-old who crashed and dashed, several naughty road users faced court...

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14th Oct. 2020 5:10 AM

Timothy Peter Noad, Adam Elwyn Robertson and Linden William Bollinger faced Noosa Magistrates Court on Tuesday for traffic offences. Picture: Social media/ Laura Pettigrew.

‘You’ll be killed’: Teen’s violent threats after assault

A Coast teen who threatened to kill a person known to her and assaulted a police officer in the same week has blamed her...

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06th Oct. 2020 4:10 PM

Saskia Madeleine Wallis-Varekamp pleaded guilty in Noosa Magistrates Court on Tuesday to assaulting a police officer, possessing a knife in a public place and using a carriage service to make a threat to kill.

REVEALED: Identities of Coast drink and drug drivers

From a childcare worker blowing four times the limit to P-platers breaking the zero alcohol rule, here are the drink and...

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18th Sept. 2020 5:09 AM

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