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Bike, trailer taken
A BLACK and white Colnago bike valued at $5500 was stolen from the garage of a Nepean Highway property in Carrum, overnight Friday 12 January. The owner said he went outside in the morning and saw the garage door open and the bike missing. Its model designation is ULTEGRA. The day before, a grey motorbike trailer valued at $1000 was stolen from the front yard of a Kubis Avenue property in Aspendale. The trailer was unregistered.
A WOULD-BE bank robber armed with a portable weed sprayer menaced a teller at the Commonwealth Bank, Main St, Mordialloc, Wednesday 10 January. The man, carrying a backpack which may have contained the weedkiller, and wearing a bike helmet, allegedly stuck the spray nozzle through the female teller’s security shield and squirted weedkiller at her while demanding money. The teller quickly activated the anti-theft screen and raised the alarm. Nothing was taken. The man walked quickly to the door and was last seen on Pompeii’s bridge at 3.15pm. A witness said he saw the man go under the bridge, where he had stashed a change of clothes, and ride off on a bike. The bank’s CCTV footage shows a thin man wearing a bike helmet, St Kilda scarf, orange t-shirt and black three-quarter length shorts. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
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Fire and the damage done: Firefighters doused a blaze behind a Chelsea shop in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Picture: Gary Sissons
Power tools stolen
black jacket with a beige top underneath, gloves and dark pants. He was carrying a small white bag.
Punched in robbery
POWER tools were stolen from a shipping container parked on a Mordialloc construction site, overnight Friday 12 January. Thieves cut a padlock to the container then forced a toolbox at the Albert St multi-unit site.
AN Aspendale man was punched in the face by a burglar who he confronted in the hallway of his Aspendale home, 8.15pm, Sunday 14 January. The resident was asleep when the offender forced a sliding window at the Nepean Highway house and rummaged through desks and draws before making his way upstairs. He may have been about to enter the main bedroom when the resident confronted him and was attacked. The thief told him, “Stay down, dog”. The man stole the resident’s phone and was last seen running towards Nepean Highway. He is described as Caucasian, 170cm tall, with slicked back short grey hair. He was wearing a
Chase was on
A RESIDENT chased a burglar from a Mordialloc house, 4.30am, Sunday 14 January. The offender entered through a laundry window and opened the door to a bedroom where a 24-yearold man was sleeping. The noise awoke the resident who chased him outside. The offender, described as Caucasian, aged 18-22, jumped the back fence and escaped.
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Building site raided THIEVES stole building materials – including five exterior doors – from a construction site in Carrum, overnight Wednesday 10 January. A CCTV camera was pulled off a post at the Church Rd site before at least two offenders cut through a wire fence and entered three units through sliding doors. They stole the doors as well as hinges, lock assemblies, and sheets of board all valued at $2000. Police said a trailer would have been necessary to remove the items.
A PEDAL-powered kayak was stolen from roof racks on a Toyota four-wheel-drive parked outside a Parkdale property, overnight Saturday 13 January. The dark-red Perception Pescador Pilot kayak is valued at $2600. Police said it had been tied onto the roof of the car outside the Marriott St house. It is only four months’ old.
Fire damages garage SQUATTERS may have accidentally set fire to a disused garage behind a shop in Chelsea, early morning, Tuesday 16 January. Staff from a nearby bakery saw smoke and rang emergency services. Patterson River CFA station officer Doug Broom said two trucks from the station and one from Edithvale CFA fought the blaze behind the premises in Nepean Highway, 2.30am. They cut through a steel roller door to gain entry and found the remains of mattresses, drug paraphernalia, and food snacks. There was nothing to suggest the fire had been deliberately lit, station officer Broom said. Crews managed to put it out in 15 minutes. About $5000 damage was caused to interior timber panelling.
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