ON THE BEAT

At 8.15pm on Friday 17 November, Ayr Police were called to a disturbance at a licenced premises in Queen Street, Ayr.  As a result, a 63yr old Burdekin man was charged with one count each of common assault, failure to leave licenced premises, disorderly on a licenced premises and commit a public nuisance on a licenced premises.  He was released on conditional Police bail to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 12 December.  He was also issued a Police Banning Notice relating to licenced premises in Ayr.

At 10.40pm on Friday 10 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Lando Street, Ayr.  The driver, a 39yr old Burdekin man, was issued a Notice to Appear (NTA) for driving with a relevant drug in his saliva and is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 29 January, 2024.  

At 2.55am on Saturday 18 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on MacMillan Street, Ayr.  The driver, a 43yr old Mackay man, was issued a NTA for driving with a relevant drug in his saliva, possessing a dangerous drug and failing to dispose of syringe and needle correctly.  He is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 29 January, 2024.  

At 8.00pm on Sunday 19 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Bruce Highway, Ayr.  The driver, a 48yr old Burdekin man, was issued a Notice to Appear (NTA) for driving with a relevant drug in his saliva and is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 29 January, 2024.  

At 10.10pm on Sunday 19 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Soper Street, Ayr.  The driver, a 47yr old Burdekin woman, was issued a Notice to Appear (NTA) for driving with a relevant drug in her saliva and is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 29 January, 2024.  

At 7.50am on Monday 20 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Norham Road, Ayr.  The driver, a 27yr old Burdekin man, was issued a NTA for drink driving, .095 is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 12 December.

At 9am on Wednesday 22 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Bruce Highway, Inkerman.  As a result, the driver, a 26yr old Townsville man, was charged with seven fraud offences relating to fuel drive offs in the Townsville area along with another 30 charges relating to driving unregistered and uninsured vehicles and displaying false and cancelled registration plates.  He was released on Police bail to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court on 7 December.

At 12.05am on Thursday 23 November, Ayr Police were called to a carpark in Queen Street., Ayr in relation to an incident.  While there, a vehicle pulled into the carpark and the driver, a 26yr old Burdekin man, was spoken to.  As a result, he was charged with one count each of drink driving, .159 and contravention of a Domestic Violence order.  He is due to re-appear in Townsville Magistrates Court at a later date.

On 24 November, Ayr Police located a 41yr old Burdekin woman when attending a residence in Ayr.  As a result of investigations, she was charged with fraud and disqualified driving relating to a fuel drive off from a service station in Ayr in late October 2023 and two counts of unauthorised possession a class S4 medicine.  She was released on conditional bail to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 12 December.

At 7.55pm on Sunday 26 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Conlan Street, Ayr.  The driver, a 33yr old Burdekin man, was issued a NTA for drink driving, .024 is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 24 January, 2024.

At 10.45am on Wednesday 29 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Eighth Avenue, Home Hill.  The driver, a 21yr old Burdekin man, was issued a NTA for driving with a suspended driver’s licence and is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Cout on 19 December.

At 2.50pm on Wednesday 29 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Beach Road, Ayr.  The driver, a 32yr old Burdekin man, was issued a Notice to Appear (NTA) for driving with a relevant drug in his saliva and possession of a category M weapon.  He is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 29 January, 2024.  

At 8.10pm on Wednesday 29 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Airdmillan Road, Ayr.  The driver, a 57yr old Burdekin man, was issued a NTA for drink driving, .200 is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 19 December.

At 10.20pm on Thursday 30 November, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on MacKenzie Street, Ayr.  The driver, a 44yr old Burdekin man, was issued a Notice to Appear (NTA) for driving with a relevant drug in his saliva and is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on 12 February, 2024.  

On the 2nd of December, police charged a 14-year-old and 12-year-old female with the Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle after allegedly stealing a family member's car and driving it from Mackay to Home Hill where they were located by police.  The youths were already on bail in relation to a number of other property related offences, therefore police opposed their bail and they appeared in Townsville Magistrates Court on the 4th of December.

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Police generally receive an increase in shop stealing offences leading up to the Christmas period.  Business owners / employees are encouraged to report all offences.  Business owners have the right to issue a banning notice to certain customers from their stores to prevent ongoing thefts.