June 28, 2021
Another Kingaroy police officer has allegedly been bitten by a person in custody at the Kingaroy Watchhouse.
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Dave Tierney, said a taxi driver requested assistance about 8:45pm on Saturday after a passenger refused to pay a fare.
“After numerous requests the passenger – a 30-year-old Kingaroy woman – ripped the EFTPOSs machine from the mount and then became abusive,” Snr Sgt Tierney said.
“The woman was arrested and taken to Kingaroy Watchhouse. Whilst being processed in the watchhouse the woman has bitten a police officer on the finger.”
The woman has been charged with serious assault of police, public nuisance and obstructing police.
The officer suffered minor bruising.
On June 19, another police officer was bitten on the finger at the watchhouse while an arrested man was being moved between cells.
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A 30-year-old Kingaroy man will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on July 19 charged with drug possession after police were called to a house in William Street in relation to another matter,
They allegedly located a small amount of cannabis.
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A 47-year- old Ballogie man will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on July 19 charged with unlicensed driving after police pulled over a Ford Falcon ute in First Avenue, Kingaroy, on Friday evening.
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Two people will face drug-driving charges after being stopped by the Kingaroy Road Policing Unit on Greenview Road at Wondai on Saturday:
- A 39-year-old Gracemere man will appear in Murgon Magistrates Court on August 10.
- A 48-year-old Wondai man will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on August 2.
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A 20-year-old Wondai man will appear in Murgon Magistrates Court on August 10 to face a number of charges after police pulled over his vehicle on Magnussen’s Road at Tingoora on Saturday.
The man has been charged with drug-driving, possessing a restricted weapon (a homemade billy club), possessing drug utensils and public nuisance.
