March 24, 2014

A 15-year-old Kingaroy girl has been charged after she allegedly tried to free a young male friend from police custody on Friday afternoon.

Officer-in-Charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said a 15-year-old youth was being escorted back to the police cells after appearing in court when the girl confronted police behind the courthouse.

Snt Sgt Frank said the girl was abusive, obstructed police and was extremely aggressive in her bid to release her friend.

She has been charged with trespassing on police property and obstructing police.

Police investigations revealed she was wanted on a number of outstanding arrest warrants.

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So far during March, Kingaroy police have breath-tested more than 1000 drivers on local roads.

Nine drink-drivers have been charged as well as nine drug-drivers.

Snr Sgt Frank said drink drivers had been detected in the early hours of the morning, at lunchtime and in the mid-afternoon.

“This justifies why police are doing random breath tests anywhere at any time,” he said.

“There is zero tolerance to this type of behaviour.”

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Two alleged drink drivers were detected in Kingaroy last Tuesday.

At 4:00am, police stopped a 22-year-old woman in Avoca Street. They will allege she had a BAC of 0.073.

At 3:00pm, a 44-year-old Kingaroy man was pulled over and tested in Youngman Street. He allegedly blew 0.112.

“It was 3:00pm, school time, one of the busiest times of the day,” Snr Sgt Frank said.

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Police have issued two 20-year-old Kingaroy men with notices to appear in court after they were allegedly found trespassing in the grounds of Taabinga State School on Friday.

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A driver of a Ford stationwagon has been issued with a ticket for unsafe reversing after backing out on to Alford Street on Wednesday morning, straight into the path of a Toyota Hilux.

The Ford was badly damaged in the ensuing crash but fortunately neither driver was injured.

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Taabinga State School will be “adopting a cop” on Friday morning with Constable Chris Barron taking on the community liaison role.