A woman who reoffended days after being sentenced over a fatal crash has changed her pleas on vehicle theft charges.
The change in plea came after a magistrate said he was prepared to spare her from jail.
George Town woman Cheyanne Taylor Logan-Radford appeared in the Launceston Magistrates Court for a sentence indication hearing on February 26, 2026.
She had pleaded not guilty to three motor vehicle stealing charges, setting fire to property, stealing and burglary, drug possession, illegal possession of ammunition, and breaching her bail.
After magistrate Evan Hughes said he would explore a drug treatment order rather than a sentence of immediate imprisonment, she changed her pleas.
Police prosecutor Beri Kurdistan told the court during a contest mention that Logan-Radford was jointly charged for the offences, which happened late July and early August 2025, with two men - Joel Joseph Webb and Jamani Dargaville.
One of the stolen vehicles was a Toyota Hiace, which Logan-Radford was seen entering and exiting during a shoplifting incident at Shiploads, Kings Meadows on July 28, 2025.
It was later destroyed in a fire at Lake Leake, set by Logan-Radford and the two men, and the court heard it was worth $30,000.
Ms Kurdistan said phone signal data showed the trio were at the scene of the crime.
The trio also stole a Mazda 3 from a Summerhill home, using keys which had been stolen during an earlier burglary, and the vehicle was used in a spate of other offences.
These included the burglary of a barn at Mooreville, when power tools worth about $2300 were stolen, and a petrol station drive-off on the North-West.
The power tools - a chainsaw, drill, nail gun and sander - were found during a search of the stolen car along with other stolen property and 51 rounds of ammunition.
Three ziplock bags, containing a total of 6.7 grams of methamphetamine, and multiple glass pipes were also found in the car.
Ms Kurdistan said Logan-Radford was arrested on August 6, after the Mazda 3 was used in the theft of a Mitsubishi Triton utility at Nubeena.
One of the woman's accomplices stole the ute after its owner left the keys in the car while shopping at a hardware store.
The two vehicles were then seen driving at speed and evading police, although police did not allege Logan-Radford was the driver nor was she charged with the police evasion.
Logan-Radford was arrested that day and told police during an interview she had not stolen any vehicle, and also denied burgling the barn.
She said she was asleep in the Mazda during the police evasion, and that she "got a bit bumped around" as she was not wearing a seatbelt.
Logan-Radford also breached her bail by failing to present herself to police officers at two curfew checks.
The crimes happened just days after Logan-Radford was handed a suspended jail sentence over a crash caused by her negligent driving in 2024, which killed her three-year-old son.
Defence lawyer Mark Doyle said the crash had left her traumatised, and it had been a "slow process" to work through that.
Mr Doyle said it was "too early to say" whether or not Logan-Radford had fully reformed but she was making strides in that direction, including abstaining from illicit substances as evidenced by a hair follicle test.
The court also heard Logan-Radford had sought help from external services including child safety services and the alcohol and drugs service.
Mr Hughes said Logan-Radford could be sentenced to jail for her recent offending, but had not been given the opportunity to undertake a drug treatment order and so he was prepared to consider that as an alternative.
He also said he was prepared to hold off on activating Logan-Radford's two suspended sentences, which amounted to five months and 28 days, to give her the opportunity to comply with court orders.
Mr Hughes said this course of action required Logan-Radford to plead guilty, as the assessment process for a drug treatment order could only begin if she admitted guilt or was found guilty.
He acknowledged this was something of a "leap of faith" on her part, as there was no guarantee she would be found eligible for the drug treatment order.
The magistrate adjourned proceedings to April 16, when he would formally sentence the woman and rule on a police application to activate the suspended sentences.