Woman hit, robbed A WOMAN was hit on the head with a piece of wood and then robbed by a man as she was leaving Bayside shopping centre on Friday 8 May. Senior Constable Ken Howard, of the Armed Robbery Task Force, said the woman, 62, was walking on Ross Smith Av when the man hit her from behind and knocked her to the ground at 6.20pm. The man then began rifling through her handbag. The woman initially thought he was trying to assist her but then realised he was her assailant and pulled the bag away. The man ran off with her scarf. The man is described as late 30s, Caucasian, with short cropped ginger hair, 183cm tall and a large build. He was wearing a yellow-and-blue, high-visibility top and khaki pants. Sen. Const. Howard is appealing for witnesses to the unprovoked attack. He said the man had also been seen in busy Young, Balmoral and Clyde streets around the time of the attack. Anyone with information should call Frankston police 9784 5590 or Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
Fake $50s charges Fact and fiction: There’s virtually no end to the subjects covered in books available at this year’s Book Bonanza sale being run by Mt Eliza Rotary Club. Peyton Carter, above, gets a helping paw from her dog Eloise while Merrilyn-Hamilton Smith and Peter Greer sort through some of the books in this year’s sale. Picture: Yanni
A Bonanza to exercise the mind BOOKS can be used for exercise, according to the Rotary Club of Mt Eliza. But the exercise being promoted by the club doesn’t involve lifting a stack of heavy tomes; it’s all about the mind. The club’s promotion of this year’s Book Bonanza sale is based around Irish author and politician Richard Steele’s statement that “reading is to
the mind what exercise is to the body”. Based on that, the opportunities for exercise will be boundless when the club lifts the covers on this year’s offerings: from biographies to the arts, antiques, interior design, vehicles, sport and politics. Of course literature gets a mention as do books for children, the religious, travellers and cooks. The books come in hard and soft covers and
include some first editions and boxed sets. Money raised by the book sale goes to community projects. Entry is free and refreshments will be available to Mt Eliza Rotary Club’s annual Rotary Book Bonanza, Ranelagh Scout Hall, Butler Reserve (off Ranelagh Drive), Mt Eliza, 10am-3pm Saturday 23 May and 9am- 2pm Sunday 24 May.
FRANKSTON police last week arrested and charged a Parkdale woman with possessing and making $50 notes at her home. Detective Sergeant Jason Hocking said police seized instruments and materials used to make the fake notes over a six-month period. He believes they were passed in the Frankston area. The woman, 21, has been bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court in June. “Traders should be vigilant when receiving $50 notes and forward any suspicious notes to police,” Det. Sgt Hocking said. The federal indictable offence carries penalties of up to 14 years jail and $60,000 in fines.
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Frankston Times 18 May 2015
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