with Government's Works and Engineering department, a court heard yesterday.

And yesterday Magistrate Cheryl Ann Mapp added a total of $750 to the penalty already suffered by Alan Minors.

Magistrates' Court heard that Police officers were called to the scene of an accident at Lighthouse Road, St. David's in November last year and found the truck "suspended off the road and up against the chimney of a house.'' Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor told Mrs. Mapp that officers investigating traced the Works and Engineering truck to Minors -- who denied being responsible for the accident, saying he had last seen the vehicle in his yard, and signed a statement to that effect.

But Sgt. Taylor said witnesses proved that Minors had been driving the truck on the night of the offence.

Minors, of St. Luke's Road, St. David's, admitted driving without due care and attention and making a false statement to Police.

He told the court: "It was a mistake I had made as far as the truck was concerned. Since then I've been looking for work.'' Mrs. Mapp told the accused: "You had care of a heavy truck and obviously driving in the manner that you did you were showing a literal disregard for anyone who might have been sharing the road with you.'' And she fined Minors $500 on the driving charge and $250 on the charge of causing public mischief by making a false statement.

IMPAIRED DRIVERS RECEIVE FINES CTS Impaired drivers receive fines Three impaired drivers landed the Accountant General $1,100 in fine money after they pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court for their offences.

First up was Naquita Dill of Sousa Estate, Devonshire who was arrested on December 28 after she lost control of the car she was driving and crashed into a wall on North Shore Road.

When Police arrived, she told them her front seat passenger had wrenched the wheel, forcing her into the wall.

But the officers noticed the 21-year-old overseas student's eyes were glazed and her breath smelled of intoxicants and when they asked her if she had been drinking she said she "had a glass of wine''.

She was breathalysed and found to have 116 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol to 100 millilitres of blood.

In court she asked if she could keep her motorcycle licence as she was looking for employment, but Senior Magistrate William Francis reminded her there were buses she could use.

He took away her licence for all vehicles for the next 12 months and fined her $250.

Hamilton Parish man Warren Somner was next and he was also disqualified for 12 months from all vehicles but received a higher fine of $400.

Somner, 65, of Cottage Hill Road, was stopped by Police officers on December 12 after they watched him swerve back and forth across the centre line on North Shore Road in Devonshire.

They noticed his breath smelled of intoxicants and his speech was slurred when they spoke to him but he refused to take a breathalyser test.

And two six-packs of beer cost Eustace Johnson $450 and his vehicle license for 12 months when he appeared before Mr. Francis.

The Nursery Lane, Sandys Parish man was stopped by Police officers on Somerset Road on December 20 after they watched him swerve back and forth across the centre line on his auxiliary cycle.

They stopped and arrested him. His breath analysis showed he had 270 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood -- more than three times the legal limit.

SOCIAL INQUIRY REPORT ORDERED CTS Social inquiry report ordered Rudell Pitcher broke into an Esso station after a drinking spree, a court heard.

The 19-year-old told Police he was "depressed and in a desperate state'', prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor told Magistrates' Court.

"Alcohol was a contributing factor,'' Sgt. Taylor added.

Pitcher, of Slip Road, St. David's, admitted breaking into the premises with an accomplice on October 21 last year.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis bailed him and ordered a social inquiry report.

The case was put off until February 19.

Sgt. Taylor said the co-owner of the St. David's Esso station discovered the theft after entering the building in the early morning.

He noticed a rock had been thrown through a window and attempts had been made to open a small safe with bolt cutters.

Items had been stolen, including ten packets of cigarettes. An office window was also damaged.

Sgt. Taylor said it was estimated Pitcher and his accomplice had cost the business $807.50. This included damage and the cost of stolen goods.