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Man charged with police deaths
Mother held at knifepoint
A FRANKSTON man has been charged in relation to the fatal crash which killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway earlier this year. Victoria Police officers Lynnette Taylor, Kevin King, Glen Humphris, and Josh Prestney died after the incident on 22 April. They had pulled over a Porsche driver on the freeway, and were killed after being struck by a truck. At around 9.20am on 1 August, police arrested a man in Lyndhurst and charged him with four counts of manslaughter. The arrest followed a three month long investigation led by the Road Policing Operations and Investigation Division.
TWO people have been arrested after allegedly holding a woman at knifepoint during a breakin in Cranbourne North. The alleged offenders broke into a home on Malmsbury Road at around 10.10am, 6 August. A 37-year-old woman was home with her two children at the time. The woman was allegedly held at knifepoint by one of the offenders. During the incident, a black Holden Commodore wagon was stolen. The vehicle was later spotted travelling on the Monash Freeway, where it crashed into an unmarked police car. The car continued on Clyde Road and stopped at an intersection, before the two alleged offenders then fled on
foot. One man, an 18-year-old from Doveton, was caught by the police canine. The other, a 17-year-old boy, was caught by police with the use of a taser.
Restaurant damage POLICE are looking for a man who allegedly damaged a Langwarrin fast food restaurant in June. The man allegedly damaged the glass doors to the Cranbourne-Frankston road restaurant using a traffic cone. An image (below) has been released by police in the hope that someone may recognise the man. Anyone who does is urged to contact Carrum Downs Police on 8770 4100 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. A MAN wanted in relation to criminal damage at a fast food restaurant. Picture: Supplied
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Frankston Times
11 August 2020
THE new completed area at Carrum Station on the Frankston line. Picture: Supplied
Station precinct get finishing touches WORKS on the village green at the newly opened Carrum Station have been completed. The station opened for passengers in February this year, but works have continued. All facilities at the station are now open, including the main station entrance on McLeod Road and an all day commuter car park. “Station facilities now open include a climatecontrolled waiting room at ground level, accessible toilets, bicycle storage, station office and protective services officer facilities,” a Level Crossing Removal Project media release read. “We will now start work to remove the temporary buildings, complete landscaping and install seating for the new station garden at the southern station entrance near Walkers Road. “The first of Carrum’s new community open spaces have also opened, including the new village green across from the main station entrance
and Carrum’s new half-basketball court. A 2.5 metre chain fence has been built on the northern and eastern sides of the basketball court to keep balls off Station Street and the southern commuter car park. In the coming months we will install lighting at the court, with lighting directed inwards to minimise light spill to neighbouring properties.” Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “this has been more than four years in the making. From those early days of community consultations back in 2016, the workshops, the design process, the many community, trader and stakeholder liaison group meetings, discussions with architects, urban planners, landscape designers, traffic experts, engineers, project managers, artists, historians, and the wonderful community.” “Thank you to the Level Crossing Removal Project and all the many workers who are rightly proud of this incredible transformation,” she said.