Northampton traffic stop leads to weapons charges

The discovery of a laser pointer during a traffic stop in Northampton has led to a man being charged with several weapons offences. Police made the find after stopping a 26-year-old motorist on North West Coastal Highway, about 6.15pm on January 25. When officers searched Raymond Attwood’s Moresby home four hours later, they found a big crossbow and a slingshot, which he told them he used for hunting. Attwood entered endorsed pleas of guilty in Geraldton Magistrate’s Court last month on two counts of possessing a prohibited weapon and one of possessing a controlled weapon. Last Thursday, he was fined $300 and ordered to pay court costs of $225.90.