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Delivery scams A BURNSIDE Heights man has been charged following an investigation into a series of alleged fraudulent deliveries and scams on the Mornington Peninsula and Melbourne’s south east. The 57-year-old man self-presented at Sunshine Police Station where he was subsequently charged on Thursday March 2 with 22 counts of obtaining property by deception and two counts of attempt to obtain property by deception. The charges follow incidents where businesses and residences reported being approached by someone purporting to be a delivery driver who required cash up front before goods could be provided. However, the man allegedly left with the money without handing over any items. The man is also alleged to have sold goods at bargain prices before fleeing with cash without handing anything over. It is understood the incidents occurred at properties in Dromana, Pakenham, St Albans, Sydenham, Flemington, Prahran, Thornbury, Werribee, Gisborne, South Morang, Briar Hill, Macleod, Broadford and Seymour throughout December 2022 and January 2023. He has been remanded to appear before Sunshine Magistrates’ Court on 20 March.
Loaded gun charge A MAN was allegedly caught with a loaded shotgun in his car last week in Patterson Lakes. Police responded to a call of suspicious behaviour at around 7.35pm on 28 February. They found a car in an underground car park on Gladesville Boulevard, and pulled the driver over. Police say they found a loaded sawn-off rifle, suspected GHB, methylamphetamine, cash, power tools, and drug paraphernalia inside the BMW 320i sedan. A Blind Bight man, 31, was charged with possess unregistered handgun, theft of motor vehicle, attempted theft from motor vehicle, commit indictable offence whilst on bail, deal with property suspected to be proceeds of crime, traffick GHB, possess methylamphetamine, possess counterfeit note, and possess controlled weapon. He was remanded to face Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 1 March.
Operation against speedsters extended POLICE are continuing an operation targeting speeding drivers on Mornington Peninsula and Frankston roads after early results showed too many drivers were not getting the message about the dangers of speed. Somerville Highway Patrol Acting Sergeant, Christopher Spero says Operation SAST over the summer holidays showed that too many motorists were complacent when it comes to speeding, despite speed being one of the major contributors to road trauma. Operation SAST saw police targeting drivers on high risk roads between November and February, with 241 traffic offences detected on the peninsula. Seventy per cent (169) of offences detected during the operation were for speeding. Most speeding offences (86 per cent) were for drivers travelling between 10kph and 25kph over the speed limit. A further 12 drivers lost their licence for travelling 25kph or more over the speed limit. During the operation, police also detected one drink driver, seven drug drivers and issued 37 infringements for unregistered vehicles. Police are urging motorists not to be complacent on the roads, as the number of lives lost in Victoria continues to rise. Somerville Highway Patrol will be conducting two more road safety operations across Frankston and the peninsula in March in an effort to drive down road trauma. “Unfortunately it’s been a bad start to the year on our roads, with the number of lives lost across the state well above the same time last year and the five-year average,” Acting Sergeant Spero said. “Even if it’s just a little bit over the limit, motorists should remember that you’re much more likely to be involved in a serious injury or fatal collisions.”
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rockacademy.com.au Southern Peninsula News
8 March 2023
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