Benjamin Ladd committed 27 offences, with most between July 2007 and August 2008.

They included unlicensed driving, using an unregistered motor vehicle, dangerous driving, burglary, theft and cannabis use.

In one offence, Prosecutor Leading Senior Constable Damon Saunders told the court, Ladd was found to be driving an unregistered utility in Bacchus Marsh while unlicensed, with number plates belonging

to another car.

He said Ladd told police he needed to drive the car because "I have to get around".

Two days later, Ladd was caught again driving the same utility in Melton West, with a single stolen number plate.

Leading Sen Const Saunders told the court police discovered the vehicle had been made up over time from different car parts and was unregistered.

Weeks later, Ladd and two co-offenders broke into a garage, where they stole a number of items including power tools, a chainsaw and a motorbike.

The court heard Ladd then kicked open the front door of the premises, which was unoccupied at the time, taking a plasma television.

The items, worth $4000, were later sold and not recovered.

He told police he broke into the home because it had been owned by his sister's boyfriend and he knew he would not be home at the time.

Defence barrister Kellie Blair told the court Ladd had a disturbed childhood in Townsville, having left school at 13 and had been kicked out of home.

She said he had been employed almost constantly and had largely fended for himself for most of his life.

He was also responsible for his five-year-old daughter, the court heard.

"He's had a big change of heart over the last 12 months . . . he's trying very hard," Ms Blair said.

But Magistrate Kay Robinson ordered Ladd be assessed for an intensive corrections order and disqualified him from driving for two and a half years.

"If you commit further offences, you will be sent to prison," she said.

Ladd will return to court at a later date.