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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2024
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■ Investigators from the Eastern Region Crime Squad have charged five boys, including three as young as 15, following a kidnapping and series of robberies and shop thefts across Ashwood, Olinda, Ivanhoe, Richmond, Blackburn and Springvale. The series of alleged offending commenced on Friday, February 9, when a 15-year-old boy was approached by a group of youths on Power Avenue, Ashwood. The child was forced into a vehicle and driven from the area where he was assaulted and had personal property stolen. The victim was released from the vehicle after 30 minutes and reported the incident to Police. Police will allege the same group of offenders carried out two separate liquor store thefts on February 10-11on Mount Dandenong Tourist Rd, Olinda, and Heidelberg Rd, Ivanhoe respectively. On February 12, three of the youths allegedly attended a convenience store on Bridge Rd, Richmond armed with a crowbar and hammer. The youths allegedly threatened a staff member with the weapons and stole a large quantity of cigarettes. The same group of youths then attended a supermarket in Salisbury Avenue, Blackburn armed with a baseball bat and threatened a staff member, before allegedly stealing cigarettes and alcohol. On February 14, a group of three youths in a white Mitsubishi Pajero attended the vicinity of Edinburgh Rd, Springvale. Three school aged males were threatened with weapons and had personal items stolen in separate incidents within 15-minutes. The same day, Police arrested and charged three youths in relation to this series of offending, including: ■ A 15-year-old Box Hill South boy was charged with kidnapping, armed robbery x 6 and theft (shopsteal) x 2. He was remanded in custody and was to appear at a children’s court. ■ A 15-year-old Burwood East boy was
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■ Singer-songwriter Clare Bowditch is playing at Bayside City Council’s Live and Local event at Balcombe Park, Beaumaris from 3pm-4pm on Sunday, March 17. Bowditch has won the coveted ARIA Award for Best Female and the Rolling Stone Woman of the Year Award for her contribution to Australian culture. Clare was born in Sandringham and still resides in the Bayside area.
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charged kidnapping, armed robbery x 3, commit indictable offence on bail x 4 and theft (shopsteal) x 2. He was initially remanded in custody, however was released on bail by a children’s court. ■ A 16-year-old Malvern East boy was charged with shopsteal and unlicensed driving. He was bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date. On Thursday (Feb. 15), Police arrested and charged two more youths, including: ■ A 17-year-old Burwood boy was charged with kidnapping, armed robbery x 3 and shopsteal. He was bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date. ■ A 15-year-old Croydon boy was charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, shopsteal and handle stolen goods. He was bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date. Police are still searching for a stolen vehicle linked to the offending. A white 2017 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport was last seen bearing stolen registration plates of 1TS2VY.
Closed for 3 weeks
■ Stonnington Council says the new playground at Central Park will close for up to three weeks from this week to accommodate installation of the new accessible toilet facility and for finishing touches to the playground – putting shade structures over the mound slide, path repairs near the water misters and other minor works.The playground is due to reopen on Friday, March 8.
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CAMP AT KING’S DOMAIN
■ Richmond MLA Gabrielle de Vietri has told State Parliament about First Nations leaders re-establishing Camp Sovereignty. “Hundreds now sit on top of a small, quiet hill just down the road at Kings Domain,” Ms De Vietri told the Legislative Assembly. “But the land that they occupy is not the domain of some distant monarch. “It is a burial site with the remains of Indigenous people from 38 Indigenous nations. It is sacred land. “What a privilege it was last week to be invited to listen and learn with the world’s oldest continuing culture.
● Gabrielle de Vietri “In the middle there was a small fire. Two people smoothed the sand around it in circles, and I was reminded that every day is Invasion Day. “Just yesterday a coronial
inquest into the death of a Yorta Yorta and Gunnai/Kurnai man in police custody reported that he called out ‘I’m dying’ just before becoming unresponsive. “It took 17 minutes for him to get medical attention. The decisions that we make in this place are decisions of life and death. “Camp Sovereignty is an invitation to move forward together. “They call for an acknowledgement that genocide has taken place and that sovereignty was never ceded, for Kings Domain to be returned to its traditional owners,” Ms de Vietrri said.
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