February 17, 2014
Nothing was stolen but a few hundred dollars worth of stock had to be dumped after a break-in at The Peanut Van in Kingaroy in the early hours of this morning.
Owner Rob Patch said he was called to the van in Kingaroy Street by police about 3:30am after they noticed the front awning had been jemmied open.
Mr Patch told southburnett.com.au the would-be thief must have the “strength of The Hulk” to bend back the awning.
He said that as bags of stock had been walked over by the intruder, he would be dumping them for food safety reasons.
Scenes of Crime police officers dusted the van for fingerprints this morning.
Anyone with information about the break-in should contact Crimestoppers on 1800-333-000.
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A taxi passenger has been charged with wilful damage after he allegedly set off a fire extinguisher in the vehicle after catching a lift home on Friday morning.
Three men caught the cab from the Kingaroy CBD to a residence in Rosella Parade.
It will be alleged that as they were getting out of the vehicle, one of the men deliberately pulled the pin on the fire extinguisher – which had been placed in the cab for safety reasons – and then sprayed the interior of the vehicle.
Police located the man shortly afterwards in the Rosella Street house.
He will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on March 6.
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A man has been charged with wilful damage and obstructing police after grafitti was painted on the doors of St Mary’s Catholic Church in Kingaroy on Saturday night.
The 39-year-old Kingaroy man was located in Glendon Street about 7:00pm.
Police will allege he became aggressive with police and had to be subdued and handcuffed.
The words “kidy fiders” were sprayed on the church door in blue paint.
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A 17-year-old youth has been placed on a drug diversion program following a police drug raid on a house in Kelvyn Street, Kingaroy, on Wednesday.
Police located a small amount of cannabis and drug utensils.
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On Thursday, Kingaroy police executed a search warrant on a house in Earl Street.
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said police would allege they located numerous clipseal bags containing cannabis, more than $3000 in cash and drug utensils.
A 36-year-old man was arrested and charged with possessing tainting property, ie cash which police will allege was not obtained lawfully; possessing drug utensils; and two counts of possessing dangerous drugs.
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On Sunday, police arrested a 40-year-old man in a house at Pauls Parade, Ellesmere, and charged him with stealing alcohol from the Liquor Legends bottleshop in Kingaroy Street.
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Detectives from Kingaroy CIB searched a house in Stretton Drive, near Blackbutt, on Sunday and allegedly located cannabis and drug utensils.
A 49-year-old man was arrested and charged with possessing dangerous drugs, possessing drug utensils and two counts of stalking.
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A 17-year-old Kingaroy youth has been placed on a four-month intensive correction order after pleading guilty in Kingaroy Magistrates Court to charges resulting from incidents in Knight Street on Wednesday night.
The youth admitted smashing a window in the Men At Work building after a domestic violence incident.
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No one was injured in a two-vehicle collision at the corner of William and Haly streets in Kingaroy at 9:00am on Friday. Police, fire brigade and ambulance attended. One of the vehicles required towing.
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Too much alcohol at an office Christmas party caught up with a 31-year-old professional man in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today.
The man, who is employed as an IT manager, pleaded guilty to one count of being a public nuisance after striking out at another man on the footpath outside a Kingaroy hotel on December 20, 2013.
A video of the incident was played to Magistrate Mark Bucknall, who described it as appearing to be “completely unprovoked” and the type of incident the community calls a king hit or a “coward punch”.
He said the man, who had been offered counselling by his employer, was extremely lucky the victim had not been injured and had not wished to proceed with a complaint of assault.
The court was told the defendant, who was represented by a Brisbane barrister, had an income of between $85,000 and $90,000 a year.
He was fined $750. No conviction was recorded.
