A former Smithton man who has been given the opportunity to get off drugs and rehabiliatate says his Nan "won't stand for any of his bullshit".
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Drew Alexander Jones, 23, sought that he be placed on a drug treatment order, enabling him to dodge further jail, despite a lack of services in the Circular Head area.
Magistrate Sharon Cure said it was important that where a person lived did not deprive them of opportunity.
She deferred his sentence on a raft of firearm, driving and drugs charges until July 1, 2022.
Jones wrote a letter which was handed to Magistrate Cure outlining his wish to be a better person.
He will live with his grandmother at Roger River and need to be driven to Burnie for services under the drug treatment order.
Officers from the court mandated drug diversion program initially believed the address was unsuitable.
Much of Jones' criminal offending came to light when police seized his mobile phone after a dramatic arrest in the car park of the Newstead Hotel in November.
They seized a fanny pack [bum bag] that contained two glass smoking pipes, half a gram of ice, 20 sticks of suboxone, snaplock bags, $320 in cash and a large set of metal knuckle dusters.
He has pleaded not guilty to a charge of trafficking which has been committed to the Supreme Court for trial.
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Jones will seek bail in the Supreme Court on Thursday April 21.
Police also used a warrant to seize his black mobile phone.
In a plea hearing in March the court heard that the phone contained a number of Snapchat videos of the unlicenced Jones committing firearm offences.
On September 21 he was filmed by his partner with a self-loading shortened single barrel shotgun which he fired into the air. He was wearing a vest which held four shotgun rounds. The court heard the offence occurred in a bush area.
He pleaded guilty to possessing a shortened firearm and possessing ammunition without a licence.
In October a video was recorded of Jones using a hand pistol out of a car. He pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm.
The phone also contained a five-minute video of Jones driving along Davey Street in Hobart.
He pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified.
Jones also pleaded guilty to other offences across northern Tasmania.
In July Jones went to an address of a person he knew in Upper Burnie.
"The defendant was allowed into the address and an argument broke out," the court heard.
"The complainant's dog [a chihuahua] growled and the defendant turned and kicked it causing the dog to yelp and retreat behind the couch."
He pleaded guilty to a count of cruelty to animals.
Jones also pleaded guilty to evading police in Camdale in August and to motor vehicle stealing in October at Illawarra Rd when his partner stole at Ford Territory.
He pleaded guilty to reckless driving in Launceston in November 3 when he mounted the nature strip and footpath while being followed by police.
"The defendant unsafely U-turned onto the wrong side of Lilydale Road," the court heard.
Jones pleaded guilty to numerous drug charges including sales that were indicated on the mobile phone.
Defence counsel Hannah Phillips said Jones had a disadvantaged background with both his parents being in and out of jail.
She said he was using 3.5 grams of ice a day at the time of the offending.
In 2019 Jones was sentenced to twelve months jail for bashing a fellow Risdon Prisoner.
The court heard that he had been in custody since being arrested at the Newstead Hotel on November 5.
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