Woman smashes someone's moped because her Maccas took too long

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You couldn't make this stuff up.

The incident occurred around 10:30 on Tuesday (28/4/15) at Maccas in town. 

 

Pic: Google Streetview

Police allege a 24 year old woman was angry that she hadn't received her order in time to catch her bus...

So she knocked over someone's moped causing $500 to $1000 damage. 

Police located the 24 year old female from Karloo shortly after the incident. She will attend the Geraldton Magistrates Court at a later date charged with criminal damage. 

 

This man wanted to bring a gun to the cop shop with him

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Last Saturday, 25 April 2015, around 5.10pm, Police say a man was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Waggrakine.

Whilst Police were in the process of detaining the male, Police say requested for his possessions to accompany him to the Police station. 

Sounds innocent enough. But what was in the bag was not what you'd usually bring to the Police station.  

Geraldton Police say that within the accused’s bag that he requested to accompany him, they found a .22 calibre firearm that had all identifying markings removed.

The firearm was secured and seized.

A 36 year old male from Bluff Point will appear in the Geraldton Magistrate’s Court on a charge of Possess Unlicensed Firearm. 

War medals stolen

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At about 12.00am on Saturday, 25 April 2015, unknown offenders broke into a white Toyota Landcruiser which was parked at the Double Beach Caravan Park, located on Hull Street in Greenough.

The offender(s) stole a bag containing four war medals (Vietnam) as well as RSL service badges and a Gallipoli war service medal. The medals are engraved with the service number 312629.

Anyone with any information relating to the location of the medals or this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. 

Do you recognise this car? United Fuel station say they didn't pay for their fuel

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United Fuel in Rangeway are asking for the public's assistance in identifying this vehicle. 

"This guy done a drive off without paying for his fuel 24.4.15 couldn't get a clear shot of his number plate after checking cameras..but maybe someone recognises his car."

You can call Geraldton Police on 99234555 if you're able to assist.  

 

Firework thrown into front yard starts small fire - "Scary event" says resident

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A Wonthella resident has described it as a "scary event" when a small fire was started in her front heard early this morning by what she says appears to be a firework. 

She wanted to share what happened early this morning at her home in Phelps Street in Wonthella with the Geraldton community.  

"This early morning around 3:15 there was something like a fire work thrown into my front yard and made a fire around 1m2." 

She says the fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. The resident said whatever was thrown made exploding noises like a firework.  

She says Police had not yet attended the scene.  

Thank you to staff at car wash

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This was posted to the Everything Geraldton Facebook page earlier: 

I would like to thank the Car Wash people next to Panaceum today for walking me to my car after being disgustingly abused verbally and with overt sexual threats by three men living in the house next door. I was parked on Lester avenue and heading to the doctor already fragile when one male started making lewd simulating gestures to a bottle of alcohol he was drinking. When I ignored him he became agitated and shouted disgustings acts he would do to me...insert racist comments here, fat, white...quite ironic considering he was of fair skin. I was very fearful and shaken and lovely lady in surgery called the car wash and had someone walk me to car. Police were notified and this house is known to local business as an ongoing concern. The ladies in red cross shop have visits regularly and often after " a hit" as one was told. When I left the surgery an elderly lady had just been subject to same.I'm not passing judgement on this page but I appreciated the kindness of the staff at the car wash.

- Stephanie  

Help needed to find vandals

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Warning: Last photo contains obscene language. 

Help is needed to find those responsible for doing this graffiti at Triton Place, Sunset Beach. Graffiti was also done at Spalding Park some time after 4pm yesterday Monday. 

Submitted by a local resident

Please contact Geraldton Police 99234555 

Beware of needles

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Everything Geraldton has been getting an increased number of reports of needles being found dumped around town lately. 

This pic was sent in by a reader last week: "Found at the path at sunset beach near the caravan park."

It might be a good reminder to have a chat with the kids about what to do if they find something like this on the ground.  

Life in prison for former Mullewa resident over brutal murder→

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Kate Campbell for PerthNow:

"Lesley Jonathon Cameron, 20, was sentenced to a life jail term with a minimum of 32 years – one of the longest sentences in recent memory – in the Supreme Court on Tuesday for the murders of Maureen Horstman, 67, and her 26-year-old daughter Tamara Horstman in Warwick on December 29, 2013."

Click here to to read more. 

Driver smashes daycare fence and playground while doing burnouts

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This photo and explanation was sent in to Everything Geraldton on Saturday evening.

"Car crashed into playground fence and equipment at Daycare Centre Mt Tarcoola, police attended and have arrested driver who was doing burnouts from a party around the corner."

In a seperate incident, it appears people are placing traffic cones in the middle of the road on Chapman are. 

 

This was sent in to Everything Geraldton this evening (13/4/15)

"...there are some idiots putting traffic cones across chapman road where there is road maintenance going on. It's happened to me three times now. Twice at about 5:30 in the morning. And once tonight just then. We didn't notice them until they were right in front of us."

16 year old on moped hit by car - witnesses wanted

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16 year old Jason after the incident  

A 16 year old who says he was hit by a car while riding his moped on Brand Highway yesterday is reaching out to the community in the hope of finding anyone who might have witnessed the incident.  

Jason says he was travelling along the Brand Highway heading South towards Wandina at approximately 11am yesterday 9/4/15 near Sydney street when a small vehicle turned into him. 

 "I was travelling straight at the speed limit and they cut across the road hitting me," he says. "I hit the front of it flew a couple of metres."

Jason says he was in a fair amount of shock and can't confirm the exact colour and make of the car. 

Jason says the driver and passenger of the car stopped and helped him off the road, said they'll get a ute for the moped, then just drove off. 

 "There was road works going ahead and the lads working gave me a hand getting me off the road and taking the moped home, one worker named Matt called the ambulance for me."

He says the driver and passenger of the car were both male aged approx 18-20. 

Jason was taken to hospital where he was treated for his injuries. He spoke with Police while in hospital and informed them that he believes he knows the passenger of the vehicle through mutual friends. "I was going to message him on Facebook about the incident and he blocked me."

Jason is hoping someone witnessed the incident and asks that if they did to please come forward. 

Geraldton Police can be contacted on 99234555 (option 4). 

 

The moped Jason was riding at the time of the incident.  

Half a million $ damage in fire at Durack

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This image was shared last night of the fire at Durack.  

Shared on Everything Geraldton. Pic of the aftermath.  

Around 8pm last night (9/4/15)  a fire broke out at Durack Institute of Technology located on Fitzgerald Street. 

Fire and Emergency Service Authority officers and Police were in attendance, making attempts to extinguish a fire within a ground floor building.

It is believed that damage to the building is estimated to be in the vicinity of $500,000.

Police attached to the Arson Squad say they will be arriving in Geraldton later this morning to commence inquiries into the incident. 

This is the second fire in recent weeks at Durack. On March 25 a fire broke out in an air conditioner which caused around $20,000 worth of damage. 

Image from the March 25 fire at Durack.  

High speed chase with 4x4 results in arrest with locals' help

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​A 27 year old man from Spalding has been arrested following a pursuit by Police on Tuesday. 

Police say on Tuesday morning around 10:50am (7/4/15) a Mitsubishi Pajero was heading south along Chapman Rd in Sunset Beach. 

Police tried to get the driver to stop the vehicle. The driver instead accelerated away from Police heading through Spalding and Strathalbyn. During the pursuit he took out a fence and went through bushland. 

Police say they abandoned the pursuit, but a short time later located the vehicle abandoned on Mahogany Cove and Candlebark Drive in Strathalbyn. Police then searched for the driver on foot. 

With the assistance of local residents police say they found the driver trying to hide in the rear yard of a home. 

The 27 year old male from Spalding was arrested and he will appear at the Geraldton Magistrate Court on 23 April 2015 on the following charges;

1 x Reckless Driving

1 x Fail to Stop to Evade Police

1 x No Authority to Drive 

 

Where vehicle was located.  

One year on and still no action on crime

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At the last state election the Liberal party promised they would get tough on crime, in particular with home invasions. (link)

Citizens were promised legislation that would reflect the community's actual expectations regarding consequences for those who commit burglaries. 

In March of last year Police Minister Liza Harvey issued a press release that celebrated the supposed success of the Liberal party and its new legislation. The headline was "State Govt delivers toughest home invasion laws". (Link)

But one year later the legislation is still in parliament. It's still not delivered in the sense of it being law. 

One of the changes promised was that the three strikes counting rule would be changed, so that multiple burglaries committed over one period were not counted as one strike. (Never mind that most people still think it's absurd that someone can break into two family's homes, traumatise them, and have have no jail term.) The media statement from the minister pointed out that only 49% of aggravated burglaries and home burglaries in 2012 resulted in a jail term. ONL 49%!

But at least the promise went some way toward making sure there was a consequence for some of the repeat burglars. 

In the 12 months since, burglaries have continued to skyrocket in Geraldton. Click here for data.  Nearly every Geraldton suburb has seen a significant rise in burglaries during 2014.

Each one of these burglaries is not just a number. Each one is a family that no longer feels safe in their own home, or a child that struggles to sleep alone, or a valuable asset to our city with one less reason to believe it's a great place to live. 

Whatever other tactics the courts or authorities have been trying have evidentially not been working.  

We rang Minister Harvey's office last week to try and understand why the legislation still has not been passed. They got back to us today and promised that the even though it's taken a long time and the legislation is currently in the upper house, it WOULD eventually pass. 

Geraldton residents regularly contact us asking why there aren't extra Police in town or tougher laws to deter all the burglaries. 

Instead we get tax payer funded full page newspaper adverts telling us we need to take more care, and CCTV in the middle of town, nowhere near our homes. 

That's not to say people aren't grateful for those things. They're very grateful.  

But if the magistrates won't reflect the will of the community in their sentencing, it's encumbered upon the democratically chosen public servants (politicians) to pass laws that don't give the magistrates a choice; as the people were promised. And each day this legislation waits in parliament is another day the community's will is not being done. 

Kids wielding baseball bat, rocks, knife assault father

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A father was assaulted and his daughter spat at, at the Geraldton foreshore last Thursday according to Police. 

Around 5pm on Thursday 2/4/15, a man and a woman were at the children's park with their young kids at Geraldton's foreshore. A group of youths were there as well. 

The man approached the group about their abusive language and behaviour. The youths then allegedly became abusive, spitting at the man and his daughter. 

Police say one of the youths struck the man with a baseball bat to his ribs, while other youths threw rocks at home, one of which struck his left eye. 

It's also alleged that another youth threatened the man with a kitchen knife that he had concealed within his pocket.

The man required medical assistance where he received stitches to his left eye. 

Geraldton police attended the area where a 14 year old juvenile from Rangeway was arrested. He will face Geraldton Children’s Court later this month charged with the following offences;

1 x Carried and Article with Intent to Cause Fear

1 x Common Assault

1 x Criminal Damage or Destruction of Property

1 x Assault Occasioning Bodily Harm

Inquiries are continuing by Geraldton Police. 

Stolen vehicle

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Sent in to Everything Geraldton today:

Hey guys my house was broken into last night, my car was stolen, 1AJY734 Toyota vienta grande 1999, also 2 other sets of car keys for my dads car and his girlfriends car, also her hand bag with an iPhone in it. 

(Image for illustration purposes.)

CCTV results in arrest 1 year later

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A burglary at a Geraldton business which was caught on closed circuit television (CCTV) back in 2014 has resulted in an arrest, Police say. 

On the 19th of March, 2014 a burglary occured at Stockyard Stock Supplies on Pass St in Wonthella.

A 32 year old man from Rangeway was captured on CCTV footage and subsequently identified by forensic analysis. He was arrested recently, on March 30 2015. 

He will appear at the Geraldton Magistrates Court on 23 April 2015 charged with the following offences;

1 x Burglary and Commit 

1 x Stealing

Vehicle vs House crash

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A Three Springs man has been arrested and charged after allegedly driving into a house and then driving off. 

The incident occurred around 8:30am on Saturday according to Police (28/3/15). 

The driver lost control as he attempted to make a right turn at the corner of Stokes Ct and Tamblyn St in Spalding. 

Police stated that "Upon heavy acceleration, the vehicle lost traction causing the rear wheels of the vehicle to spin on the road surface."

"Passing to the incorrect side of the road, the wheels of the vehicle collided with kerbing resulting in total loss of control. The vehicle mounted another kerb before crashing into a house on Stokes Court, causing extensive damage."

The driver fled the scene and obviously didn't report the incident to Police. 

After being located by Police, the man has been charged with:

Reckless Driving
Driver Fail to Stop (Property Damage)
Driver Fail to Report an Incident in which Property was Damaged

Man found to have concealed hunting knife strapped to thigh

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Police say they spotted a man acting suspiciously on Railway St in Bluff Point on Monday (30/3/15) around 2pm.

Based on how the man was acting Police decided to search the man. 

They allege he was concealing a hunting knife, which they found strapped with velcro to his left thigh. 

He was subsequently arrested and charged with the following offence;
1 x Carry or Possess Weapon other than Controlled or Prohibited with Intent to Injure or Disable

The 25 year old male from Waggrakine will appear at the Geraldton Magistrates Court at a later date.