Youths charged, Babinda:
Three Babinda boys, two aged 15 and one aged 13, along with a 15-year-old Innisfail boy, will each be dealt with by the Juvenile Justice Act.
It is alleged they entered an educational facility at around 5 pm on Monday, March 20, and attempted to use an axe to gain entry to a building.
Charges, Babinda:
A 41-year-old Babinda man was charged with two counts of trespassing and one count each of unlawful use of a vehicle, stalking and threatening the safety of an aircraft.
On March 10, police were called to a Price Road address. Upon arrival, officers observed a vehicle parked roughly one meter from the front nose of a helicopter that had the blades rotating. Officers will allege a 41-year-old Bartle Frere man drove his car across private property to where the helicopter had landed and had come right up under the blades yelling at the pilot to turn the helicopter off.
The pilot has told him to get away from the blades and the helicopter. It is alleged he has refused and has then approached the refueler whilst videoing directly under the rotating blades. It is further alleged that on March 15, he attended a Menzies Road address and allegedly approached and filmed a resident of the address in their shed.
When he refused to leave, the resident attempted to return to their house on their tractor. He has continued yelling out at the person on the tractor. He has then run in front of the tractor, forcing the tractor to stop. He refused to move and forced the victim to reverse back up the driveway.
It is further alleged that on March 12, he followed the same person from their address to another local address whilst filming and yelling at him. He has been charged in relation to these matters, with investigations continuing. He is scheduled to appear at the Innisfail Magistrates Court on May 8.
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