WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17MAN HIDES FROM POLICE IN ROOFA wanted man has been arrested after police found him hiding in the roof space of a house in Yorketown at the weekend. The 58-year-old local man was wanted for recent traffic offences, including driving without number plates twice on Sunday March 7, and failing to stop for police when they tried to pull him over on Edithburgh Road Yorketown on the same day.When making inquiries to find the man on March 10, police found and seized a stolen camper trailer from a Yorketown address, which they say was taken from a nearby property in 2019. Police found a man inside the address about 9pm on Saturday, March 13, and searched for him inside the property. The man was found hiding in the roof space, and was arrested. He was charged with dangerous driving to escape police, driving without number plates, hindering police, and unlawful possession. he was refused police bail and appeared in Kadina Magistrates Court on Monday March 15. MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH CAUSING TRAFFIC CHAOSA crash involving multiple trucks and a car caused peak-hour chaos on a metropolitan road on Wednesday morning. Three trucks and a car crashed on Grand Junction Road in Clearview just before 8am.One person was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital while a second person was treated at the scene.The site of the crash is near the busy Hampstead Rd intersection and caused significant delays to morning traffic. TUESDAY, MARCH 16POLICE BLITZ ‘FRUSTRATING’ Police are “frustrated” with the results of their most recent safety crackdown, where dozens of drivers refused to buckle up. Operation Belt up ran from Friday to Sunday across the state, with police finding 69 drivers had a “blatant disregard for seat belt laws”. Three people who died on South Australian roads so far this year were not wearing a seat belt. Superintendent Bob Gray, the officer in charge of the traffic support branch, said 17 per cent of the lives lost on our roads could have potentially been avoided if people were wearing seat belts. “It’s just not that hard. No matter how close to home you are or how short the distance is that you’re travelling, it takes no time to secure a seatbelt and reduce your risk of death or catastrophic injury by 1000 per cent,” Superintendent Gray said. WANTED MAN ARRESTEDA man wanted over a string of thefts and break-ins over the weekend has been arrested. Police released information over the wanted man – Sean John King, 22 – on Monday, over the break-ins that occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning in the north and northeast, including Prospect. He was suspected to be driving a silver 2005 Ford Falcon with number plate S070BTF on the front and S094CBS on the rear, orXEC916. A member of the public reported seeing the grey Ford parked at Falkirk Ave, Findon, just before 9.30am Tuesday. King was arrested and is expected to be charged with a number of theft related offences. He was refused bail and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday. SERIOUS CRASH NEAR MURRAY BRIDGEThe Karoonda Highway, east of Murray Bridge, has been closed after a serious crash.READ MORE HERECASH AND CANNABIS FOUND IN DRUG BUSTNearly 25kg of cannabis and $45,000 have been found in a Ridleyton drug and money laundering bust.Police discovered the drugs and money at the Monouth Street property on Saturday.A 24-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were arrested and charged with trafficking in a controlled substance and money laundering.The man was refused bail, while the woman was bailed to appear in court next month.HILTON HOTEL THIEVES WANTEDKnife-wielding thieves who stole cash from the Hilton Hotel on Monday night are on the run.Two men – one armed with a knife – entered the gaming room of the South Road pub just before 11pm and threatened staff before making off with the money.Staff set off a holdup alarm but no one was injured.The pair were seen fleeing the hotel on to Mallen Street.The man carrying the knife was wearing black hoodie, beige trousers, grey shoes with a white base and beige workman-style gloves.The other man was also wearing a black hoodie, grey tracksuit pants and white sneakers.He had a black Nike backpack and fair coloured hands.Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.MAN HIDES UP TREE TO AVOID COPSA man hid up a tree on Tuesday morning after the car he was in tried to escape police.Police tried to pull the Ford Fiesta over on Main North Road at Brahma Lodge just before 1.30am but the car sped off after it stopped.The car was followed by a police helicopter to Womma Road, Penfield, where three men ran off in an attempt to hide.Two police dogs were called in, with cordons set up, and two men were found near a racetrack, with a third up a tree.The northern suburbs men – aged 44, 32 and 26 – were arrested and charged with failing to truly answer a question and being unlawfully on premises.They were bailed to appear in court next month.MONDAY, MARCH 15MAN WANTED OVER NUMEROUS BREAK-INSA man wanted over business break-ins around the northern and northeastern suburbs has been identified by police.Sean John King, 22, has been identified as the man responsible for numerous thefts and break-ins to businesses.He is suspected to be driving a 2005 Ford Falcon, with the number plate S070BTF on the front and S094CBS on the rear, or XEC916.The car has a faded bonnet, black rims, rusted tow bar and a shiny tow ball, according to police.POLICE STOP TWO-YEAR-OLD DRIVER AT MOUNT GAMBIERA two-year-old who was found steering a car while sitting on his father’s lap was stopped by police in Mt Gambier on Sunday.The toddler and their father were driving an SUV around a carpark in Valley Lakes precinct on Davison Drive at about 2pm. Police responded to calls about the car driving erratically over kerbs and found the toddler behind the wheel, without a seatbelt. The 40-year-old man was fined $750 and three demerit points for failing to ensure passengers under 16 are wearing a seat belt or approved child restraint and for driving with a person on his lap.MAN BLOWS NEARLY FIVE TIMES OVER AT MOUNT GAMBIERA man who mounted a kerb while trying to turn blew nearly five times the legal alcohol limit at Mount Gambier on Friday.Police stopped the man at 10pm, after he tried to turn left and mounted a kerb in a Mitsubishi ute. He was breath tested, and returned a reading of 0.222.Immediately, he lost his license for 12 month and had the ute impounded for 28 days.He will appear in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court at a later date. CAR THEFT AT SNOWTOWNTwo people have been arrested for stealing a car after a member of the public chased them down the Augusta Highway.The pair allegedly stole the car from a Snowtown business about 11.30am on Sunday and were followed by someone until they lost sight of the white Ford Ranger heading towards Bute.Police spotted the car about an hour later on Windview Road in Snowtown, but lost it again.The car was found dumped on Slattery Road about 10 minutes later.The area was cordoned off and police dog Arnie and Polair were called in for a search.One man was found hiding under a vehicle on Windview Road about an hour later and another was located in nearby scrubland.The Kadina men, aged 40 and 48, were arrested and charged with illegal use, unlawfully on premises and unlawful possession.SCRAP METAL THIEF THWARTEDA would-be scrap metal thief has been arrested after allegedly breaking into a Gepps Cross business.The 28-year-old Woodville North man was seen running from the recycling yard after 1am on Monday.Police chased him on foot for a short distance and arrested the man.A pile of scrap metal was found outside the recycling business ready for the man to pick up.He was charged with serious criminal trespass, theft and two counts of breaching bail.He was refused bail to appear in court on Monday.SUNDAY, MARCH 14MULTIPLE BREAK-INS AT PROSPECTA suspect is on the run after a police pursuit following a string of break-ins at Prospect overnight. An alarm was activated at a business about 2.13am Sunday on Prospect Road.Police rushed to the scene and saw a silver Ford sedan nearby. When they attempted to stop the vehicle it sped off along Prospect Road heading south. The car was pursued until police lost sight of it around Hackney Road at Gilberton. Further investigations revealed four other businesses in the area had also been broken into. The Ford was also involved in an earlier petrol drive-off at a service station on South Road Ridleyton – soon after the break-ins. The suspect vehicle is a grey, 2005 Ford Falcon with registration XEC916.Police suspect the break-ins are linked and are investigating positive lines of inquiry. Anyone with information, call the police assistance line on 131 444.



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