A 40-YEAR-old Orange woman has been jailed for four months after she stole meat and sweets worth $20 during a police operation.
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Leanne Maree Ostini, of Wahratta Way, pleaded guilty to shoplifting in Orange Local Court on Monday.
The police statement said police and loss prevention officers (LPOs) conducted a Stop Steal operation in Coles on June 21.
At about 5.15pm, an LPO saw a woman loading groceries into a blue car parked underground at Orange Central Square and noticed meat in her handbag.
Police pulled Ostini over at the Byng Street exit and she denied shoplifting.
But when police said her car would be searched, she admitted taking meat and a chocolate block.
The search also revealed a stolen bottle of topping.
Low-range fine
An after-work beer has landed Joshua Lee McLeay with a $650 fine and four-month disqualification after police pulled him over.
McLeay, 26, of Lone Pine Avenue, was pulled over on Eyles Road just after 8pm on May 15 for a random breath test.
He returned a low-range reading of 0.068, telling police he had drunk one bottle of full-strength beer at 5pm.
Mortimer fined
Winemaker Peter James Mortimer has been fined $650 and disqualified from driving for three months after he was caught with low-range PCA.
Mortimer, 60, of Burrendong Way, was pulled over near the intersection of Matthews Avenue on March 3, just after 10pm.
He requested a medical test, which occurred at Orange Health Service just after 11.30pm, registering 0.053.
He told police he had consumed two glasses of white wine and a beer with dinner.
