Jail Avoided for Gold Coast DUI Driver 10 Times Over The Legal Limit

Jail Avoided for High Range Drink Driver Angela Bisson has actually escaped her brief jail sentence following an appeal which was lodged in the Queensland District Court. Soon after the Gold Coast hair stylist was sentenced to 2 months prison, her lawyer Paul Hamilton lodged an appeal, which was heard in front of magistrate Chris…

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Police blitz on Glitter Strip is unrelenting

Operation Seymour finished last week, with 165 people arrested on 236 charges ranging from drink-driving to assault and drug matters across the Gold Coast and Coomera districts. Most of the arrests were for minor matters. Following the departure of the 50 extra officers brought to the Glitter Strip for the past four weeks, there had…

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Man accused of drink-drive hat-trick

A 32-year-old man is due to appear in court later this month for allegedly drink driving on three separate occasions within 16 hours at Rainbow Beach. The man was first pulled over just after midnight on Friday on Rainbow Beach Road and allegedly had a blood alcohol reading more than four times the legal limit.…

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28 Charged on first night of Gold Coast Police blitz

THE first night of Operation Seymour nabbed 28 people on 36 charges as 50 extra police officers started a month-long deployment on the Gold Coast last night. The charges include drug possession and drink and drug driving. Police conducted 230 random breath tests and 190 street checks. According to South Eastern Region Assistant Commissioner Paul…

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Gold Coast cop escapes drink driving conviction

A DECORATED Gold Coast police officer has pleaded guilty to drink driving but has escaped a conviction that could have cost him his job. Magistrate Terry Duroux fined Senior Constable Michael Froggatt $400 and disqualified him from driving for four months for blowing a a blood alcohol reading of . 085 on Sunday. The magistrate…

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New QLD Drink Driving Laws: Immediate Suspension for Mid Range Offenders

NEW legislation that sees mid-range drink drivers lose their licences was introduced at midnight – and took five minutes to claim its first catch. A 40-year-old Townsville woman was the first person to lose her licence immediately under the new legislation after she was pulled over on Flinders Street about 12.05am this morning. A police…

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Gold Coast cop cleared of drug driving charge

A SUSPENDED Gold Coast police officer has today been cleared against a drug driving charge. Senior Constable Lynette Jones was charged with drug driving after crashing her car into a power pole on Narbarlek Road, Worongary on March 5, 2010. A blood test revealed she had traces of alcohol and prescription medication in her system. Defence…

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No new ‘drunk driving’ apps for Apple

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Apple, in a move hailed by a group of US senators, has agreed not to allow any new iPhone applications in the App Store that identify police drunk-driving checkpoints. Senators Harry Reid, Charles Schumer, Frank Lautenberg and Tom Udall urged Apple, Blackberry maker Research In Motion and Google in March to ban…

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Man blows breathalyser off the scale

A 25-YEAR-old Pilbara man has been caught behind the wheel of a car with a blood alcohol reading more than seven times the legal limit. The man, from the remote community of Jigalong, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, initially blew a reading of 0.400 – the maximum possible recording on a hand-held breathalyser…

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Teenagers caught after crashing car

Two 17-year-olds have been charged with a range of offences after crashing an allegedly stolen car in Brisbane’s north. The sped off when police tried to stop the vehicle on Nudgee Road, Hendra. It was after they crashed the car they were caught, police say. The female driver has been charged with dangerous operation of…

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