A Ballina Shire woman with a extensive criminal history and banned from driving for three years has avoided jail after police caught her driving and a roadside saliva test detected methamphetamine.
Tamika Jayne Glass, 30, from Wardell, was stopped by police on Sunset Avenue in West Ballina on June 26, 2026.
Glass existing driving ban was due to end in May 2027.
Court records show six prior convictions for driving while disqualified and two for drug driving, along with convictions for assaulting police, break and enter, shoplifting and other drug offences.
Arrested on four outstanding warrants
Police issued Glass a court attendance notice for drug driving after the June stop.
She failed to appear at Ballina Local Court on September 17, when the court found both driving offences proven in her absence.
For drug driving, the court fined Glass $800 and imposed a 12-month driving ban from September 17.
It ordered an arrest warrant for driving while disqualified.
Police said Glass was wanted on four outstanding warrants when they arrested her inside a motorhome at an Evans Head storage complex on October 6.
Judge L Robinson granted her conditional bail in the Bail Division the next day.
Ballina court outcomes
In cases separate from the June traffic stop, Glass pleaded guilty at Ballina Local Court on October 8 to another count of driving while disqualified and one count of property damage.
She pleaded not guilty to five other charges: two counts of breaching an apprehended violence order (AVO), a separate count of property damage, using a vehicle to menace another person with intent, and stalking or intimidation with intent to cause fear of physical or mental harm in a domestic violence matter.
Sentence for driving while banned
Glass faced Ballina court on October 29 where Judge K Crittenden sentenced Glass to an 18-month Community Correction Order for driving while disqualified during the June stop and imposed a nine-month driving ban starting that day.
Under the order, Glass must abstain from drugs, remain under the supervision of Lismore Community Corrections and follow its directions on drug rehabilitation, including attending residential treatment if directed.
Glass is due to be sentenced on April 8, 2027, for the separate disqualified-driving and property damage offences she admitted.
The five charges she denies are listed for hearing that day.
A separate AVO application is also listed for mention.
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