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Five drivers caught on meth SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol caught five people in Frankston overnight on Tuesday 12 March driving with drugs in their system. A 30-year-old woman was pulled over on Skye Road at little before 11pm and tested positive for methamphetamine. Police said she was also a learner driver driving unaccompanied and without her L plates. Just after midnight, a 39-year-old man also tested positive for meth at Excelsior Drive, Frankston North. Half an hour later a 24-year-old man tested positive to methamphetamine in Klauer Street Seaford. The man’s license was found to be suspended and his vehicle was impounded. At 3.07 am a 37-year-old man was intercepted and tested positive for meth on Coprosma Avenue Frankston. At 4.22am in Seaford, a 38-year-old man was found with meth in his system. Police said that all drivers on a first offence will face losing their licenses for a minimum of six months, as well as a $484 fine.
Man blows over A MAN found asleep at the wheel on Cranbourne Road near the Frankston Freeway at 5pm, 12 March has had his car impounded and been charged with multiple drink driving offences. The 35-year-old Langwarrin man was allegedly driving with a suspended license. He was taken by police to Frankston Police Station where he returned a breath test reading of 0.177. He will face the Frankston Magistrates’ Court at a later date. Bad time for a nap: A Langwarrin man found asleep in his driver’s seat had his car impounded.
Man charged for alleged sexual assault at hospital
Gumtree sale gone wrong A 24 YEAR old Frankston man was arrested in Hastings on 11 March after a series of alleged car thefts. Frankston Crime Investigation Unit Detective Sergeant Luke Holmes said the man had
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been “prolific in his offending in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula area.” It is alleged that the man would meet up with people looking to sell their cars on the website Gumtree, and ask to test drive their cars. The man would then drive off. Police allege his offences occurred in the Frankston, Seaford, and Hastings areas between 19 February and 11 March. The man allegedly would use the stolen cars to commit petrol drive offs and drive away from shop thefts. Police said they attempted to arrest the man on 8 March and initiated a pursuit. Police allege he was driving erratically and drove around spike strips before the pursuit was called off. He was arrested on 11 March and will face Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 21 March. All vehicles were recovered. Det Sgt Holmes said “this is a warning for anyone offering test drives of cars, always ask for ID. If it feels like it’s not quite right, walk away.”
A 74-YEAR-old man has been charged with historical sexual offences, with one of his alleged offences occurring at a hospital in Frankston. It is alleged he committed a series of assaults across a Frankston hospital, a Clayton university, a Glen Waverley Street, and an Altona home between 2013 and 2016. On 15 March Westgate Sexual Offence and Child Abuse investigation team detectives charged him on summons with sexual offences including multiple counts of sexual, indecent and common law assaults. He will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 3 May.
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