Police patrol Frankston, in which he stole cash after threatening staff he would jump the counter, 8.10pm, Saturday 9 September, and the third was a 7-Eleven in Young St, Frankston, where he allegedly stole cash and cigarettes, 8.25pm the same evening. The boy was arrested four days later. He has been remanded in custody to appear at a children’s court later this month.
Police patrol Hub and found a man sitting inside, 31 August. The man is described as tall, skinny and aged in his 30s.
‘Standover’ teens
TWO 15-year-olds threatened a younger boy at Bayside Shopping Centre and stole his satchel, Saturday afternoon 16 September. The 13-year-old was riding the escalator from the food court when the youths, one Caucasian and the other described as African, grabbed his neck and shoulder. The youths allegedly “stood over” the boy and demanded the satchel which he handed over. It contained only a set of keys. Detectives later examined CCTV footage and expect to make arrests soon.
attempts to pull it over failed and the sports car sped off, later reaching 150kph before it turned onto the Frankston Freeway, then the Westall Rd exit and on to the Dandenong Bypass. At 5.45am the car was again spotted speeding in Narre Warren, with a stolen number plate on the front and no plate on the back. The Air Wing was called in but again the pursuit was ended because of the erratic way the car was being driven.
Dog put down after attack
AN American bulldog was put down after breaking through a fence in Turner Rd, Langwarrin, and savagely attacking a neighbour’s Labrador, 4.30pm, Saturday 16 September. Police who rushed to scene OC sprayed the bulldog to secure it before calling in council animal management officers. The badly injured Labrador was “covered in blood”, police said. The bulldog was taken to the vet by the owner and euthanised.
Threatened in car park
A MAN allegedly threatened a woman with a screwdriver after she returned to her car at Karingal Hub shopping centre earlier this month and found him rifling her glove box. Acting Detective Sergeant Frank Olle, of Frankston police, said the Frankston woman managed to photograph the man, below, before he grabbed her phone and stomped on it, 8am, Monday 4 September. Police were later able to recover the image. The 28-year-old woman told police that after challenging the man they squared off beside the car. He pushed her over while threatening her with a screwdriver taken from the glove box. The man then walked off with jewellery, cigarettes and three screwdrivers from the glove box. Senior Sergeant Mick Lamb, of Frankston police, said the man may be connected to a similar incident in which a woman returned to her car at Karingal
With Stephen Taylor
Wrong way drive
Car park robbery: A man who allegedly threatened the woman at Karingal Hub shopping centre.
Speeder evades capture FRANKSTON Highway Patrol members were forced to end a pursuit on Peninsula Link when the car they were chasing reached speeds of 130kph in an 80kph zone. The Audi Q5 was spotted on Frankston-Dandenong Rd, 3am, Thursday 14 September, but
AN unlicensed driver had her car impounded after being caught driving down the wrong side of Peninsula Link, 4am, Wednesday 20 September. Members of the Frankston Highway Patrol narrowly avoided a collision with the woman who was driving south in the north-bound lane. They chased her for three kilometres and managed to pull her over at the Cranbourne Rd exit. The 48-year-old, of Somerville, claimed she had “swerved to miss a possum” and was unaware she was in the wrong lane. Senior Sergeant Mick Lamb, of Frankston police, said there was “real potential for a catastrophic outcome” in the incident. The woman’s car was impounded for 30 days and she will be summonsed on a range of driving offences, possibly including conduct endangering life.
Drink drivers nabbed twice
TWO Carrum Downs drivers were allegedly well over the legal blood alcohol limit within a couple of hours of each other on the same road, police said. Police were patrolling the Carrum Downs area as part of Operation Separate when they intercepted a car on Frankston-Dandenong Rd, 3.30pm, Sunday. The driver had an alleged blood alcohol reading of 0.112 per cent. The 65-year-old man lost his licence for 11 months and had his car impounded at a cost of $961. Later, on the same road, another driver also returned a positive breath test. The 52-year-old man had an alleged blood alcohol reading of 0.178 per cent. He immediately had his licence suspended for 12 months and his car impounded at a cost of $1005. The two men are expected to be charged on summons with various driving offences.
Hunt still on for fire bug POLICE are working on the theory that a postbox firebug lives in the Heatherhill Rd area of Frankston. Detective Senior Constable Bernard Dowling said the man, in his 60s, with long blond hair and wearing a fur or wool-lined cloak, had dropped burning material – such as firelighters – into at least seven post boxes in the past month. The most recent incidents occurred twice on the one night at the post box on the corner of Lindrum Rd and Hampden Av, Friday 1 September. No letters were burnt because the mail had already been collected. Other incidents have been in Beach St and Heatherhill Rd. The man drives to the post boxes and wears a blue or grey jacket each time.
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Frankston Times
25 September 2017
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