Police Minister Kevin Foley says a reward of up to $50,000 will be offered to members of the public who come forward with information that leads to the conviction of anyone causing injury by throwing rocks into traffic.
``Anyone who throws a rock into traffic is an idiot, a thug and a coward,’’ Mr Foley said , continuing ``The Government, the Police and the community are sick of this dangerous activity and will work closely to bring these rock throwers to justice.
``The reward is the same as that on offer for information leading to the conviction of anyone lighting a bushfire and is an indication of how serious the Government views this matter.
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`While a $10,000 reward had already been on offer for information after rock throwing incidents earlier this year, we hope that by raising it to a possible $50,000 might persuade people with information to come forward to the police as soon as possible. There has already been one serious injury through this stupidity, we do not want to see anyone die.
Those that are throwing these rocks also need to know their action could land them a lengthy jail term. If convicted of throwing a missile you can be fined $10,000 or face a two year jail term, or you could also be convicted of an act to endanger life, which could result in a jail term of between 5 and 15 years" said Mr Foley
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