April 19, 2016
A 24-year-old Brisbane man has been charged with trespassing and public nuisance after an incident at Kingaroy Police Station at the weekend.
Officer-in-charge, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said the 24-year-old Brisbane man turned up at the police station just before 5:00am on Sunday after having an argument with a woman.
“He went to the back and side of the building and started banging on the windows,” Snr Sgt Frank Said,
Police went outside and found the man in the driveway of the police station.
Snr Sgt Frank said police would allege the man was agitated and carrying a large spanner; he began acting aggressively, threatening the two officers.
“He was demanding that police shoot him or taser him,” Snr Sgt Frank said.
He said police tried to negotiate with the man for an extended time, asking him to drop the weapon and trying to determine what was going on.
However, the man allegedly continued to be uncooperative, challenging and threatening the officers.
Snr Sgt Frank said that to stop the incident escalating any further, police used capsicum spray to subdue the man, and then took him into custody.
Neither police officer was injured and Snr Sgt Frank said the man suffered no residual effects from the spray.
The incident was recorded on a body-camera being worn by one of the officers.
The man was later released on bail to appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on May 9.
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A 30-year-old Kingaroy man allegedly tested positive to cannabis when pulled over by police for a roadside drug test in Kingaroy on Tuesday.
The man was one of many South Burnett motorists who have been stopped and tested by the mobile unit over the past few days.
The Brisbane-based police unit uses the same roadside tests as regular police, but secondary testing can be done immediately at the back of the van instead of taking the driver back to a police station.
Sgt Dave Dasey said the unit had tested motorists in Blackbutt, Yarraman, Nanango and Kingaroy, and would be continuing its sweep through the region over the next few days.
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On Friday afternoon, a 17-year-old Kingaroy man surrendered himself at Kingaroy Police Station. The man was charged with contravening requirements.
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A 66-year-old Kingaroy man has been charged with drink driving and unlicensed driving after his car was pulled over by police on Henry Street on Saturday afternoon.
Police will allege he recorded .085 BAC.
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Kingaroy detectives allegedly located drug utensils when they searched a house in Buckingham Street on Sunday.
A 19-year-old man has been charged with possessing utensils and failing to dispose of needles.
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Police searched a business premises in Haly Street, near Memorial Park, on Monday at 9:00am after concerns were raised about possible trespassers.
They located two men, aged 21 and 23, and a 14-year-old boy asleep in the back yard.
The trio was issued with notices to appear in court on a charge of trespassing.
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The second Kingaroy Blue Light Disco for 2016 will be held from 6:00pm on Friday night at the Kingaroy Town Hall.
Entry is restricted to young people aged 14 and below who can produce their student ID. Admission is $5.
