Police patrol
Car parks at train station back on track
With Stephen Taylor
Theft charges
A KEYSBOROUGH man is among three men remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in April on theft charges. He has been charged with 10 counts of burglary, one of theft, one of attempted burglary and one of attempted theft of a motor vehicle. The man, 23, as well as a 24-yearold Springvale man and a 24-year-old Rowville man, will appear on 26 April for a committal mention. Detectives from Kingston CIU arrested the men on 31 January. They will allege the men were among a gang of six, including one woman, who robbed businesses in Kingston and surrounding suburbs, 8-31 January.
Big haul A FOUR-wheel-drive, power boat, trailer and power tools valued at up to $170,000 were stolen from a Mordialloc business, overnight Saturday 3 February. Burglars cut a padlock at the Boundary Rd premises to raise a roller door and then broke a glass panel to enter the workshop. Their haul included a 2017 Jeep Cherokee valued at $110,000, a Four Winds Bow Rider power boat valued at $40,000, boat trailer and Milwaukee power tools valued at $15,000.
Car stolen
A RESIDENT did not notice an offender walk in the front door of a Mordialloc house and steal a briefcase, sunglasses, leather jacket, cash and the keys to a 2007 Hyundai Getz, early Friday 2 February.
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The red car was then stolen from out front of the Ormond St house and used in a petrol drive-off in Sandringham that day. The items stolen were valued at $2000 and the car $5000.
Goods loaded
THREE offenders who jemmied a roller door behind the Mentone Business Centre, 4.35am, Sunday 4 February, made off with TVs, range hood and a vacuum cleaner which they loaded into a black Camry sedan. The items were valued at “several thousand dollars”, police said.
Beach box breached THIEVES used bolt cutters to break into a beach box at the end of Wimborne Avenue in Chelsea sometime just before Saturday 3 February but nothing was stolen.
Garden gear goes BURGLARS who forced their way into a garage at a house in Nepean Highway, Carrum, stole a lawn mower, lawn cutter and blower/vac valued at $1000. Entering the house through an internal door they rifled
through cupboards and drawers but nothing else was stolen.
Bag snatched A SWIMMER at Edithvale beach left a towel and black bag on the sand, 10.45am, Sunday 4 February. The empty bag was later found in bushes at the end of Somme Lane. An iPod and personal items were missing.
Station robbery
A YOUNG man walking east in the Moorabbin train station concourse was assaulted by a teenager who stole electrical cables from his backpack, 12.20am, Monday 5 February. The offender, aged about 16 and wearing a red jacket and tan hat, followed the victim towards Station St where he elbowed him in the face before demanding his backpack. As he was searching through it a passer-by intervened and ordered him to return a number of items. The offender ran off with charging cables. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
IT has taken more than two years but more car parking spaces may soon be available at Parkdale train station. Councillors at the Kingston Council public meeting last Monday (29 January) unanimously voted to push ahead with plans to revamp car parking spaces at the train station based on designs first drafted in September 2015. A council officers’ report tabled at the council meeting noted: “At present, there is no formal commuter car parking at Parkdale Railway Station recognised by PTV (Public Transport Victoria) or Metro Trains. “However, commuters have long been parking in informal angle car parks along both Como Parade East and Como Parade West. Estimates are that up to 45 vehicles are parked along Como Parade West and 20 vehicles parked along Como Parade East in these informal areas. “Vehicles are also parked further along Como Parade East and West parallel to the kerb in areas outside these spots, although there is a mix of 4 and 6-hour car parking spaces along these roads closer to the centre to provide parking opportunities for traders and other longer-term users.” Council will now write to PTV to request 50 spaces on Como Parade West and 35 on Como Parade East now pedestrian walkways and a near-
by roundabout have been upgraded. PTV and VicTrack previously nixed the formal train station car parking proposal citing concerns about pedestrian facilities. “Parkdale Railway Station, like all our railway stations, suffers from a lack of parking,” Central ward councillor Geoff Gledhill said at the meeting. “However, there is a fair amount of space, that if treated properly, we can retain all of the significant trees that are around there and provide much-needed parking for commuters and take some of the pressure off surrounding residential streets.” Fellow Central ward councillor Rosemary West thanked council officers to redrafting the car parking design to save four trees from the chop. “My feeling is that this parking space will be more pleasant and more useful to people with the trees to provide shade and there is some positive amenity in that.”
Grants open APPLICATIONS are now open for Kingston Council’s 2017-18 Community Grants Program with thousands of dollars on offer to help community groups. Applications are open 29 February until 2 April. For more information see kingston. vic.gov.au/communitygrants or call 1300 653 356.
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