Weekly crime wrap for the region

POLICE are reminding residents to secure their vehicles with offenders often taking advantage of relaxed security.

Ayr and Home Hill police divisions recorded 15 charges of unlawful use of a motor vehicle in the past six months.

“Thieves don’t care whether you think you should have to lock up, they will just take advantage of any lax security,” Ayr Police officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Steve Barton said.

“Prevention and vigilance around your home and property can reduce these opportunistic thefts. In most cases, locking your vehicles, homes and sheds and securing your belongings appropriately will reduce these thefts.”

MAN CHARGED WITH FORGERY

At 6.30am on Monday, November 16, Ayr Police were called to a disturbance at a local motel.

There they found a 22-yearold Mackay man who was arrested and charged with two counts each of forgery and uttering a forged document, alleged to have occurred in Mackay. He was released on police bail to appear in Mackay Magistrates Court on December 15.

59YO TO FACE DRINKDRIVING CHARGE

At 8pm on November 16, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle on Burke Street, Ayr. The driver, a 59-year-old Burdekin woman, was issued a notice to appear for drink-driving and is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on December 7.

25YO CHARGED WITH DRUG-DRIVING

At 10.50pm on Tuesday, November 17, police from the Ayr Road Policing Unit intercepted a vehicle in Drysdale Street, Ayr. The driver, a 25-year-old Burdekin man, was issued a notice to appear for driving with a relevant drug in his saliva and is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on January 11.

MAN CHARGED WITH DRINK-DRIVING

At 8.15pm on Thursday, November 19, Ayr Police intercepted a vehicle in Norham Road, Ayr. The driver, a 20year-old Burdekin man, was issued a notice to appear for drink-driving and is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on December 7.

TOWNSVILLE WOMAN STOPPED IN QUEEN ST

At 11.35am on Saturday, November 21, Ayr Police spoke to the driver of a vehicle stopped on Queen Street, Ayr.

The driver, a 39-year-old Townsville woman, was issued a Notice to Appear for drinkdriving, and is due to appear in Ayr Magistrates Court on December 7.