There was a spate of drink driving offences during the weekend, with three Parkes people and one Peak Hill man charged.
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A 30-year-old Parkes woman will face court on a mid range PCA charge after crashing her car into a tree on Sunday morning.
Police were called to the scene of the accident at 4.30am after the woman, who was travelling north on Currajong Street in a Holden Astra, turned right onto Bushman Street and collided with a tree on the south eastern side of the roundabout.
She failed a roadside breath test, was arrested and taken to Parkes Police Station where a breath analysis returned a result of 0.136.
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A 39-year-old Parkes man will face court after being charged with high range PCA on Saturday morning.
Police stopped the man, who was driving a Peugeot sedan in May Street, at 12.55am.
He failed a roadside breath test, was arrested and taken to Parkes Police Station for a breath analysis which returned a result of 0.188.
He was issued a future court attendance notice for high range PCA and his licence was suspended.
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A 21-year-old Parkes man will face court after being charged with mid range PCA on Friday night.
Police stopped the man on the Newell Highway at 10.30pm.
He failed a roadside breath test and was arrested and taken to Parkes Police Station for a breath analysis which returned a result of 0.092.
He was issued with a future court attendance notice for mid range PCA and his licence was suspended.
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A 58-year-old Peak Hill man will face court after being charged with PCA in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Police stopped the man, driving a Toyota Hilux in Euchie Street, at 12.10am.
He failed a roadside breath test, was arrested and taken to Peak Hill Police Station for a breath analysis which returned a result of 0.097.
His licence was suspended and he was issued with a future court attendance notice for mid range PCA.
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A learner driver was issued with an infringement notice after being caught driving unaccompanied on Saturday afternoon.
Police stopped a Holden Commodore, driven by a 26-year-old Parkes female, in May Street at 2.45pm.
The woman, who only held a learner's licence, was fined $842 and had her licence suspended on the spot for three months.
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A storage facility in Woodward Street was broken into between 6.30am on Thursday and 11am on Friday.
Unknown offenders forced entry to a container and stole camping lights, a generator, a tool box, and power tools.
The items are estimated to be valued at $300.
Police have seized a number of exhibits for forensic testing.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact Parkes Police on 6862 9999 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
