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Person and dog escape house A PERSON and dog were saved from a house in Chelsea after a car crashed into it, 2 July. Chelsea SES were called to the Elsie Grove home just after 9pm. They were told that a car had crashed into the front of a building, damaged a fence, and hit a parked car in the driveway. The occupant of the house was stuck
inside with their dog Dennis. The front door became wedged shut after the crash. The SES got the owner and dog out using a ladder. “A ladder, and some ingenuity, soon had the owner and gorgeous fur baby, Dennis, out and waiting for the insurance company to arrive to make the property safe for
tonight,” Chelsea SES wrote on social media. “Dennis was very happy to meet our crew, and they were just as happy to share a cuddle with Dennis.” A HOUSE and car left damaged after a car crash in Chelsea earlier this month. Picture: Gary Sissons
Police patrol
with Brodie Cowburn
Speeding at 248kmph
A MAN has been clocked driving at speeds of 248 kmph on Eastlink. Police allege that a BMW sedan was caught speeding on Eastlink near Thompsons Road, 11pm on 8 July. The Air Wing followed the car to the Nepean Highway in Seaford, where the driver allegedly dumped the car, Police and the dog squad swooped in to arrest the man. The 36-yearold Carrum Downs resident was charged with reckless conduct endangering life, driving while suspended, and other traffic offences. He was bailed, and will appear at the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 6 December. The BMW was impounded for thirty days at a cost of $1,390.
Police find drugs in the mail A MAN has been arrested after a police investigation into a package of drugs found in the mail. Police were told that a “suspicious package” was arriving to Victoria by mail on 1 July. As part of their investigation into the package, police executed a warrant at a Cheltenham house. At the house, police allegedly seized $12,000 of cocaine, $30,000
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of methylamphetamine, 25 litres of 1.4 butanediol, a substance believed to be MDMA, a taser, electronic equipment, and more than $40,000 in cash. Police later charged a 30-year-old man on 9 July with attempt to traffick a commercial quantity of drugs, three counts of trafficking a drug a dependence, possess prohibited weapon, and possess proceeds to crime. The man was remanded to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.
Charges after drive-by shooting RESIDENTS of a Cranbourne West home have been left uninjured after an alleged driveby shooting last week. Four men have been charged over the alleged shooting on Black Gum Crescent. Gunshots were heard at around 12.50am, 8 July. Police say that a silver Mercedes sedan then fled. Police followed the allegedly stolen car, which later crashed into a truck and a car on the Monash Freeway near the Springvale Road exit. The vehicle continued on to the corner of Burwood Highway and Commercial Road, Ferntree Gully. Police then swooped in to arrest four men.
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POP into the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery to see their winter exhibitions, on until 22 August. ‘Surreal Landscapes’ is a group exhibition that explores the way artists position subtle, strange, absurd or dreamlike interventions within the landscape, abstracting and shifting our reading of the landscape. ‘Nerdudara/Djumi (Then/Now) 10+1’ is a retrospective on the history of Baluk Arts, an Aboriginal community arts centre in Mornington. Meaning ‘then now’ in the Taungurung language from the Kulin Nation, Nerdudara Djumi celebrates ten years of Baluk Arts and explores the centre’s grassroots beginnings to incorporation and their position today. Rosie Weiss is a Mornington Peninsulabased artist who makes work about
our relationship with the natural world. Highlighting the enduring focus of Weiss’ practice over the past 40 years, this exhibition traces the development of her work from a sustained period of printmaking at the Australian Print Workshop in the 1980s through to more recent drawings. Also on display is ‘Collection focus: Women artists’ featuring the important work of women artists in the MPRG Collection. On 1 July, MPRG launched MPRG Connect and welcomed local artists into the gallery to network and share experiences. Stay tuned for future MPRG Connect events that foster professional development and mentoring opportunities. These events will be open to all artists living or working on the Mornington Peninsula. Visit mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au