Owner up and at ’em to prevent car theft
Ready for action: A police Critical Incident Response Team at the scene of a siege in Frankston last week. Picture: Gary Sissons
Answers awaited on siege, stabbing death Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au THE Frankston man shot by special operations group police during Tuesday’s siege still had not been interviewed, or charged, by Friday. Detective Senior Sergeant Steve McIntyre, of the Homicide Squad, said police were “waiting on advice from medical staff� before indicting the man, 46, at The Alfred hospital, where he is in a serious condition under police guard. The man, allegedly armed with longbladed knives, was shot in the stomach and leg last Tuesday morning (15 December) after holding three women and
another man hostage at a Dandenong Rd East house since 5.30pm the previous day. Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill said police raided the house “when the situation deteriorated in the early hours of this morning�. “The offender was becoming quite irrational,� he said. “He was making threats against the three females ... he was making threats of violence.� Assistant Commissioner Hill said police responded when the man stabbed one of the women in the house in the leg. “Our members from the SOG fired shots. The offender was struck by two shots:
one to the stomach area, one to the leg.� The woman was taken to Frankston Hospital with leg wounds. Assistant Commissioner Hill said another woman inside the house had been slashed on the hand and suffered a blow to the head. The siege followed a fight in Boonong Av, Seaford, Monday, where a Seaford man, 45, was stabbed in the lower back. He is believed to have walked to a house in nearby Carder Av where the fight continued and he was stabbed to the upper body. Police and emergency services crews found the man with life-threatening injuries. He died in later in hospital.
A LANGWARRIN resident did a DIY car rescue early Tuesday morning – and stopped a teenager stealing his car. The Lois Ct man, in his late 30s, awoke to the sound of his 2010 Toyota Rav4 starting in the driveway about 1am and raced outside to see it about to drive off. He managed to wrench open the driver’s door and grab the mid-late teen, 183cm, of African appearance, and drag him out. The teen ran off. It is believed there were three other thieves in the area at the time. A reported 17 cars were stolen in Frankston last week, along with 47 thefts from motor cars in the same period. Detective Senior Constable Chris Goudy, of Frankston CIU, said the Langwarrin case illustrated frequent aggravated break-ins: the offender entered via an unlocked back door and found the car keys on a hook near front door. He said there had been three similar robberies “in the past couple of days� - possibly by the same offenders. Another break-in was foiled in Coral St, Frankston, 2am, Wednesday, when an offender entered through an unlocked door and took car keys off a hook near the front door. The resident awoke to the sound of his car starting and ran outside to see it about to drive off. The man man-
aged to grab the keys and prevented it being stolen. “There’s no real pattern to the robberies,� Detective Goudy said. “The thieves are opportunistic and take whatever they can find. “They usually enter houses through unlocked doors and walk around looking for items without being seen. “I have even heard of one case where offenders were in the bedroom of a house where even a German Shepherd dog was sleeping – and no one woke up.� Police are appealing to residents to be more vigilant in protecting their cars, and possessions, from theft. “Most of the stolen cars were left unlocked,� Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Fyffe said. “We’ll keep arresting offenders but it is frustrating that owners are making their keys accessible.� Stephen Taylor
Centre moves FRANKSTON Council’s Seaford Customer Service Centre has relocated from Nepean Highway to the new premises at the corner of Station and Broughton Streets, behind Seaford Village Shopping Centre on Nepean Hwy. The new Seaford Community Centre houses a library branch with free wi-fi access onsite. See frankston.vic.gov.au or call council on 1300 322 322 for further information.
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