Teh One Who Knocks
02-12-2014, 12:25 PM
Andrew Korner - Queensland Times
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An Ipswich teenager is accused of going on a drunken late-night chainsaw rampage inside a petrol station while wearing a flower pot on his head.
Police rushed to the 7-Eleven service station on Ash St, Flinders View, following calls for help from two terrified shop attendants.
It will be alleged the man - who was wearing a flower pot over his head in an attempt to conceal his identity - entered the store about 4.30am on Monday, while two staff members were cleaning a coffee machine.
Wielding a chainsaw which was running at the time, the man lunged at the store attendants, who retreated into a back room.
Police allege the man then used the chainsaw to damage a window
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and several display racks in the shop, before exposing his buttocks to the store attendants. He is accused of damaging a parked vehicle upon fleeing the scene.
It will be alleged the man made demands for money, but left the store only with a bottle of soft drink and the chainsaw.
A police officer en route to the service station noticed the suspect walking down Ash St shortly after the incident. He was placed under arrest.
Members of the dog squad then followed a trail back to the service station and located the allegedly stolen chainsaw in bush not far from the scene.
Leichhardt teenager Steven Frank Steele was later charged with one count of armed robbery, two counts of wilful damage, one count of going armed to cause fear, one count of public nuisance and one count of possessing suspected stolen property.
A lawyer appeared on his behalf when the case was heard before Ipswich Magistrates Court yesterday.
No application was made for bail, and Steele will remain in custody until the case is heard again on March 3.
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An Ipswich teenager is accused of going on a drunken late-night chainsaw rampage inside a petrol station while wearing a flower pot on his head.
Police rushed to the 7-Eleven service station on Ash St, Flinders View, following calls for help from two terrified shop attendants.
It will be alleged the man - who was wearing a flower pot over his head in an attempt to conceal his identity - entered the store about 4.30am on Monday, while two staff members were cleaning a coffee machine.
Wielding a chainsaw which was running at the time, the man lunged at the store attendants, who retreated into a back room.
Police allege the man then used the chainsaw to damage a window
http://i.imgur.com/s0fdi4H.jpg
and several display racks in the shop, before exposing his buttocks to the store attendants. He is accused of damaging a parked vehicle upon fleeing the scene.
It will be alleged the man made demands for money, but left the store only with a bottle of soft drink and the chainsaw.
A police officer en route to the service station noticed the suspect walking down Ash St shortly after the incident. He was placed under arrest.
Members of the dog squad then followed a trail back to the service station and located the allegedly stolen chainsaw in bush not far from the scene.
Leichhardt teenager Steven Frank Steele was later charged with one count of armed robbery, two counts of wilful damage, one count of going armed to cause fear, one count of public nuisance and one count of possessing suspected stolen property.
A lawyer appeared on his behalf when the case was heard before Ipswich Magistrates Court yesterday.
No application was made for bail, and Steele will remain in custody until the case is heard again on March 3.