August 4, 2014
A 22-year-old Kingaroy man will appear in court later this month on six charges after allegedly taking a mini-motorbike for a spin in Doonkuna Street.
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said police were contacted last Thursday afternoon by residents complaining a man was riding the bike up and down the road.
Police quickly located the man and an 80cc motorbike.
When they breath-tested him, he allegedly blew 0.17 BAC. But that wasn’t the end of his troubles …
He has also been charged with unlicensed driving, failing to wear a helmet and riding an unregistered, uninsured and defective motorbike.
The bike has also been impounded by police for 90 days.
Snr Sgt Frank said these sorts of mini-bikes do not meet Australian standards and cannot be registered.
They cannot be ridden on any roadway or in public area, including parks.
“And roadway includes footpaths,” he said.
On Friday night, police were called to a disturbance at 11:30pm.
They found an intoxicated 19-year-old man, allegedly behaving aggressively.
He was arrested and charged with a public nuisance offence.
A few hours later, at 1:00am, police were called back.
They found a 21-year-old Toowoomba woman standing on the footpath allegedly screaming and yelling obscenities to people inside the hotel.
Snr Sgt Frank said the woman was also aggressive to police and had to be forcibly taken into custody. She has also been charged with public nuisance.
At 10:30pm on Saturday night, a 22-year-old Kingaroy man who was refused entry to the same venue became aggressive and attempted to fight security staff.
Snr Sgt Frank said the man was also unco-operative with police. He was also arrested and charged with public nuisance.
At 12:45am on Sunday morning, a 24-year-old Kingaroy man was arrested inside the hotel.
Police will allege he started a fight in the pub and refused to leave when staff tried to evict him.
He has been charged with creating a disturbance in a licensed premises, failing to leave licensed premises when directed and obstructing police.
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The first week of August is National Missing Persons Week, an annual event co-ordinated by the National Missing Persons Co-ordination Centre through the Australian Federal Police.
The theme for this year is “Dementia and Missing People”.
The AFP says symptoms that may cause someone with dementia to go missing include forgetting well-known people or places, an inability to process questions or instructions, and emotional unpredictability.
The rate of moderate to severe dementia among Australians is one in 15 people over the age of 65.
Snr Sgt Duane Frank told southburnett.com.au the Kingaroy area didn’t have a major problem with missing people.
“The usual people who are reported missing here are youths that don’t want to be found.
“They are safe and well but just don’t want to return home,” he said.
