June 10, 2016
A Nanango motorist learned the hard way on Wednesday that Somerset Street in Kingaroy is a 50km/h zone after police clocked him allegedly doing 110km/h.
The 36-year-old man was pulled over by Kingaroy police about 1:00pm.
He was issued with a $1099 speeding ticket for a high-speed offence and has automatically lost his licence for six months.
“61km/h over the limit is a ridiculous speed,” Officer-in-Charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank said.
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A 20-year-old Kingaroy man will face a drink-driving charge after police stopped him for a random breath test in Haly Street, Kingaroy, at 1:30am last Saturday.
He allegedly blew 0.09.
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On Saturday afternoon, police received reports that a man was acting suspiciously in Haly Street, Kingaroy.
About 3:00pm, they located a man shifting items into his house which were suspected not to be his.
Police will allege the man took electrical items, a lounge, table and bench which had been stored under another house.
They believe the items were taken either the evening or the night before.
A 23-year-old Kingaroy man was arrested and charged with stealing and obstructing police.
He will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on June 27.
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At 11:00pm last Saturday, a police patrol stopped a vehicle in Kingaroy Street.
A search allegedly located a pocket knife with the blade extended and drugs.
The driver, a 21-year-old man from Kingaroy, was issued with a notice to appear in court charged with possessing a knife.
The passenger, a 19-year-old Kingaroy man, will face charges of possessing dangerous drugs (amphetamines), possessing drug utensils, and unlawful possession of a weapon (a set of knuckle dusters).
The men are due to appear in court on June 27.
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At 11:00pm last Sunday, Kingaroy police stopped a man with a backpack walking in Haly Street, Kingaroy.
The man was detained by police and searched.
Police allegedly located prescription medicines in the backpack belonging to another person.
The man will face two charges of possessing controlled drugs.
He has been bailed to appear in court on July 4.
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On Tuesday, police stopped a Nissan stationwagon in Somerset Street, Kingaroy, about 10:30am.
They found the 25-year-old Kingaroy driver was unlicensed.
The man’s number plates have been confiscated for 90 days and he was issued with a notice to appear in court.
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On Tuesday, police were called to a Kingaroy hotel about 11:00pm regarding the behaviour of a 17-year-old man found in the poker machine room.
The man was allegedly refusing to produce ID confirming his age.
Snr Sgt Frank said that when the man was asked to leave by hotel staff, he failed to do so.
Police arrested and charged the man with being a non-exempt minor on licensed premises, refusing to leave a licensed premises, and failing to leave a licensed premises.
He will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on July 4.
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A police patrol in the early hours of last Sunday morning came upon a brawl outside a Kingaroy hotel.
Snr Sgt Frank said the officers stepped in and separated the combatants.
He said the dispute had allegedly started inside the hotel and spilled out onto the street.
Three men were arrested and taken into custody: a 19-year-old Wooroolin man, a 20-year-old Kingaroy man and a 24-year-old Kingaroy man.
The three have each been charged with public nuisance offences and are due to appear in court on July 4.
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A 24-year-old Kingaroy man has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed with an offensive weapon, and attempted entry of a building, after an incident in Rae Street, Kingaroy, last Sunday.
Police will allege the man went to a residence and began an argument with people living there over a dog.
He then allegedly dragged one of the people down the front stairs of the building, and hit him in the face with a metal vaccuum cleaner pipe.
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A 45-year-old Nanango man has been charged with evading police, and his Toyota LandCruiser has been seized for 90 days, after an incident on the Bunya Highway at Taabinga last Sunday.
Police attempted to intercept his vehicle but the driver allegedly failed to stop and accelerated away from police.
The man was located on Monday at his residence.
He has been issued with a notice to appear in Nanango Magistrates Court on June 23.
