NEWS DESK Double date ends in disaster
Executing a drugs warrant, police stormed the house, arrested a man and a woman, both 27, and allegedly found a pen pistol capable of firing a .22 calibre bullet, Taser, explosives, $6200 cash, laser pointer, knuckle dusters, quantity of the drugs including Ice, GHB, cannabis, as well as disguises, cable ties, and a stolen car with Queensland number plates. The man has been remanded to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Thursday and the woman bailed to appear at the same court in November. They have been charged with possession and trafficking of drugs, possession of prohibited weapons and the Taser, theft of a vehicle, storing unauthorised explosives, and fraudulently using a car’s registration.
A STEAMY double date went horribly wrong last week when the brother of a spurned female allegedly went to a Frankston house and attacked a man, 30, fracturing his skull. Sergeant Brett Daly, of Frankston CIU, said the trouble began late Saturday night, in Queen St, when two females visited the house for a pre-arranged date. While one couple paired off in a bedroom, the other couple sat in the lounge room but found they didn’t get on. The woman, who was forced to walk home at 2am Sunday, complained to her brother who, with a mate, returned to the house and allegedly assaulted the victim by punching him in the face and hitting him over the head with a tyre lever. Police on Monday arrested two men, 26 and 31, at a house in Quarry Rd, Langwarrin, and charged them with aggravated burglary and assault with intent to cause serious injury. A 23-year-old woman was charged with aggravated burglary and possessing a drug of dependence after police allegedly found “just under an ounce” of the drug ice in her handbag. All three have been remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for committal hearings on Monday 19 October. The victim was being treated at The Alfred hospital last week.
Thieves deceive, then take car, valuables TWO thieves working in tandem at a Frankston art supplies business on Friday distracted the owner and entered a staff room where they stole a woman’s handbag containing her purse and car keys. They then used the key’s remotecontrol device to steal the woman’s car from an upper level car park. Inside the purse they found the victim’s Croydon North address and used her keys to enter and steal a TV, MacBook Pro, clothing, jewellery and art supplies valued at $7000. They also stole her daughter’s car keys. Most of the stolen goods were then sold at a Collingwood second-hand shop. On Saturday, police arrested a Frankston man, 40, still driving the woman’s car, and charged him with
Raid finds drugs, weapons, firearm TEN Frankston detectives and the Dog Squad unearthed a large cache of prohibited items during a raid on a house in Screen St, Frankston, 6am Wednesday.
two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, handing stolen goods, forging and uttering a quantity of counterfeit $50 notes, and obtaining property by deception. He has been remanded in custody to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court at a date to be fixed. His accomplice, 32, also of Frankston, was arrested later the same day and charged with burglary, theft and deception. He was bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court in November.
thieves bragging of their success in a note left in his car. Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Fyffe, of Frankston CIU, did not deny the embarrassing theft last week, adding, “Anyone who leaves their car unlocked out in the street overnight is an idiot.” He said 39 number plates had been stolen in the Frankston area in July. One-way screws that protect the plates from thieves are available at some police stations or hardware stores.
Lock it or lose it
POLICE are scratching their heads over the carelessness of drivers who leave their cars unlocked while parked in the street, or driveways, overnight. Despite a spike in the number of reported car thefts and thefts from cars, drivers are not heeding the “Lock up and Leave” message. And that’s making it easy for opportunist thieves to steal wallets, mobile phones, computer equipment, and even jewellery, while owners sleep undisturbed. Last week, police investigated 41 thefts from cars in the Frankston, Seaford and Carrum Downs’ areas – with 17 found to have been left unlocked. Of these, 16 were allegedly robbed by two youngsters who later found themselves arrested over a spate of house breakings. A 13-year-old boy and a 14-yearold boy have been charged with multiple thefts and bailed to appear at a children’s court at dates to be fixed. It was reported on 3AW that a Frankston policeman even found himself a victim of an opportunist overnight car break-in, with the
Know him? FRANKSTON police are appealing for public assistance in locating Adam Storch, above. The 36-year-old is wanted for failing to comply with reporting conditions and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. Storch is known to frequent Frankston and the Melbourne CBD. Despite an ongoing search, police are yet to locate him. He is described as 180cm tall, medium build with pale skin, brown eyes and a bald head. The image has been released in the hope someone recognises Storch and has information on his whereabouts.
Police put the bite on young offenders THE police Air Wing and Dog Squad were called in to help Frankston detectives arrest a 14-year-old boy in Mornington on Wednesday night. He was later charged with 29 offences, including serious assault, aggravated burglary, evading police, and car stealing. While running from police the boy was bitten on the leg by a police dog and required to spend the night at Frankston hospital. He was charged next morning and remanded to appear at a children’s court at a date to be fixed. The boy, along with a 17-year-old male and two 15-year-old girls, was intercepted while driving an $80,000 Mercedes stolen during an aggravated robbery at Brighton on Saturday 18 July. Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Alastair Hanson, of Frankston CIU, said the car was spotted travelling south along Nepean Hwy and the Police Air Wing and Dog Squad alerted. The 17-year-old, of Patterson Lakes, was charged with car theft and also remanded to appear at a children’s court later this month. The girls were also charged with car theft and bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court at a later date. Police will allege the 14-year-old was one of two males who punched and stomped on an 18-year-old Mt Martha man outside a party in Alicudi Av, Frankston, on Saturday 18 July. The man was knocked unconscious and spent the night at Dandenong hospital with cuts requiring stitches, facial bruising and a broken nose.
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