May 21, 2018
A 45-year-old Kingaroy woman allegedly attempted to blame car thieves after her vehicle was involved in a crash on Kingaroy-Barkers Creek Road on Saturday.
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant David Tierney, said the woman contacted police at 11:10pm on Saturday to report her Isuzu utility stolen.
She alleged her vehicle was stolen from the driveway of her Moore Street residence while she was at friend’s place between 5:00pm and 11:00pm.
“While at the woman’s house police received information that a woman matching the victim’s description had crashed a vehicle on Kingaroy-Barkers Creek Road and had been given a lift by passers-by to Moore Street,” Snr Sgt Tierney said.
Police will allege the woman admitted the vehicle had not been stolen and that she had been the driver when it had crashed.
She allegedly returned a positive breath alcohol reading of 0.158 BAC.
The woman was arrested and will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on June 18 charged with driving while under the influence of liquor.
She was immediately disqualified from driving until the matter is finalised in court.
* * *
A 44-year-old Kingaroy man has been charged with drug driving after police pulled over a Holden on Alford Street last Monday morning.
The man allegedly returned a positive saliva sample and is due to appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on July 2.
* * *
Kingaroy police have immobilised two vehicles in separate incidents are their drivers were allegedly found to be driving while their licences had been suspended due to unpaid SPER debts.
At 3:10pm on Thursday, police stopped a 36-year-old Kingaroy man driving a Nissan utility on Haly Street. He will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on June 4 and his vehicle was immobilised for seven days.
At 4:00pm on Friday, police pulled over a 30-year-old Kingaroy man driving a Toyota sedan on Knight Street. He will also appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on June 4. His vehicle was immobilised for 90 days.
At 5:20pm on Friday, police stopped a Holden Commodore on Ivy Street. They will allege inquiries revealed the driver, a 44-year-old Cherbourg woman, was unlicensed. She will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court and her vehicle was immobilised for seven days.
At 6:20pm on Sunday, police stopped a 21-year-old Kingaroy man driving a Nissan utility on Fisher Street. Police will allege his licence was expired. He will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on June 18. His vehicle was immobilised for 90 days.
* * *
At 9:30pm police on Friday, police spotted a 36-year-old Kingaroy man asleep in the driver’s seat of his vehicle on West Street.
The man returned a negative breath sample but a search of his vehicle allegedly located a small quantity of amphetamine and cannabis.
He will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on June 4 charged with possessing dangerous drugs.
* * *
Police were called to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Markwell and Glendon streets, Kingaroy, at 9:05pm on Saturday.
A Holden sedan being driven by a 34-year-old Kingaroy man allegedly failed to give way to Mazda sedan.
A 44-year-old Booie man who was a passenger in the Mazda suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene.
Both vehicles were extensively damaged.
Investigations are continuing.
* * *
On Sunday, police attended the scene of a single-vehicle crash involving a Holden station wagon on Haly Street at 7:20am.
The driver, a 24-year-old Kingaroy man, allegedly told police has driving friends home from from the pub when he swerved to avoid a pedestrian and lost control.
He allegedly returned a positive result to a roadside breath test.
The man will appear in the Kingaroy Magistrates Court on June 18 charged with drink driving (0.170 BAC). He was immediately disqualified from driving until the court matters are finalised.
* * *
During the past week, Kingaroy police also attended four calls related to domestic violence incidents, issued 12 infringement notices for life-endangering traffic offences and performed 167 roadside breath tests.
