From theft to threatening behaviour, these south Essex residents and visitors have been sentenced at magistrates' courts in recent weeks.
A Basildon man was fined at court after failing to attend a drug assessment.
Ross Collinson, 41, of Pitseaville Grove, Basildon, was found guilty in his absence at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on October 19.
Collinson failed to attend the initial assessment in Basildon on December 17, after a sample indicated cocaine may be present in his body.
Magistrates fined him £660 and ordered him to pay £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.
A south Essex man has been sentenced after failing to attend a drug assessment following a class A drug test.
Connor Conway, 32, of Stafford Close, Stanford-le-Hope, admitted failing to attend the initial assessment on July 3, after analysis indicated cocaine and opiates may have been present in his body.
Conway was sentenced at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on October 26.
The court fined Conway £120 and ordered £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.
A thief has been handed a conditional discharge after stealing Doctor Who items in a Basildon shop theft.
Harpreet Phamber, 24, of no fixed abode, London, stole Doctor Who Blu-rays worth up to £210 from HMV on December 27.
The case was dealt with at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on October 20.
Phamber was handed a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £175 in compensation to the victim, with no order for costs.
A Southend man has been fined after threatening violence in Westcliff and being caught with crack cocaine.
Ben McMahon, 39, of Hartington Road, Southend, admitted using threatening words or behaviour and was found with Class A crack cocaine on October 16.
He was sentenced at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on October 17.
McMahon was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs, with magistrates ordering the crack cocaine to be forfeited and destroyed.
A resident from Wickford has been sentenced for a racially aggravated offence and drug possession.
Dwayne Blake, 28, of Moreland Road, admitted a racially aggravated offence involving threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour in Westcliff.
Blake also possessed cannabis in Wickford on July 3.
Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court fined Blake £160 on October 26 and ordered the cannabis to be forfeited and destroyed.
Blake must also pay £85 costs and a £64 surcharge in full by November 23.
A motorist has been banned from driving after failing to provide a specimen in Southend.
Sean McConnon, 40, of Coggeshall Road, Stisted, admitted the offence after being suspected of driving a vehicle on July 4.
Chelmsford Magistrates' Court sentenced him on October 20 to an 18-month driving ban and a community order with 80 hours of unpaid work until October 19, 2027.
He was also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £114 surcharge in full by November 17.
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