An unlicensed driver will face court today charged with 29 offences, following a police pursuit in the Hunter on Sunday.
The 27-year-old woman was arrested after officers patrolling on the New England Highway at Blandford, about 60km north of Muswellbrook, attempted to stop her Great Wall X240 utility vehicle, at around 6pm.
When the utility failed to stop, a police pursuit was initiated but was terminated a short time later due to safety concerns.
The vehicle was later located parked in a car park in Little Street at Murrurundi, with the woman arrested nearby.
She allegedly refused to undergo a roadside breath test and was taken to Muswellbrook Police Station.
The woman was charged with 29 offences, including:
- four counts of dishonestly
obtain property by deception,
- five counts of use
unregistrable motor vehicle on road,
- five counts of use
uninsured motor vehicle,
- five counts of licence
expired 2 years or more before,
- two counts of use vehicle
displaying misleading number plate,
- two counts of use vehicle
displaying altered number plate,
- police pursuit – not stop –
drive dangerously,
- drive recklessly/furiously
or speed/manner dangerous,
- motor vehicle exceed speed
> 30 km/h,
- overtake vehicle when
unsafe,
- refuse or fail to submit to
breath test, and
- goods in personal custody
suspected of being stolen.
Police will allege the woman had altered her number plates by attaching mailbox stickers, purchased from a hardware store.
The Broken Hill woman was refused bail to appear at Muswellbrook Local Court on Monday the 2nd of March.
Investigations are continuing.
