Police patrol
With Liz Bell
Busy time for highway patrol SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol was kept busy over the long weekend as part of Operation ARID. Before members could grab a morning coffee on Saturday they had already impounded three vehicles in under four hours. Around 7am a 36-year-old man was intercepted on Mornington-Tyabb Road, Moorooduc, and found to be suspended from driving after a drinkdriving incident last month. His vehicle was impounded, and he will face a charge of driving while suspended. At 8.40am the same highway patrol unit intercepted a 29-year-old man on Hodgins Road, Hastings. He was found to have been unlicenced since 2013. He further tested positive to a roadside drug test. The vehicle was impounded, and he will face charges of driving while unlicenced and drug driving. At 10.15am a 46-year-old woman intercepted in Bay Street, Frankston was found to be suspended from driving due to accumulated demerit points. Her vehicle was impounded, and she will also face a charge of driving while suspended. All three will front the Frankston Magistrates Court at a later date.
Witnesses sought SOMMERVILLE Highway Patrol has appealed for witnesses after a driver failed to stop at a breath testing site and subsequently crashed, leaving three people injured in Baxter on 7 March. Officers were working the site on Moorooduc Highway and waving cars in when an officer signalled for the driver of a Jeep Wrangler to enter the site about 6.50pm. The driver allegedly ignored the officer’s direction and sped off, narrowly missing a police member who had to jump out of the way. Police say the driver of the 2018 wagon continued towards the Sages Road intersection, where he ran a red light and collided with another vehicle. The 41-year-old driver of the wagon, from Mount Eliza, and his 10-year-old passenger were both taken to hospital with injuries.
The 53-year-old female driver of the other car, who had to be cut from the wreckage, was also taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. It is expected the male driver of the wagon will be interviewed by police at a later date in relation to conduct endangering life, failing to stop on police direction and other traffic matters. Anyone who witnessed the incident or has dashcam footage can call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report to crimestoppersvic.com.au.
Identities sought POLICE are seeking public help to identify three males who may be able to assist with inquiries into an assault on 14 January. It is alleged three men approached a person sitting alone on the footpath on McLaren Place, Mornington at 10.55pm. Police say that without provocation the person was assaulted and sustained a fractured nose and facial injuries. Investigators are hoping to identify the three men captured on CCTV. Anyone with information is urged to contact Senior Constable Avion at Mornington Police on 5970 4900, Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or file a confidential report at bddy.me/34FTHx2.
Christmas shots MORNINGTON Peninsula CIU officers have arrested and charged two men over a drive-by shooting in Illowa Street, Mornington, at about 4.35am on Christmas day (Saturday 25 December). A 29-year-old Tyabb man has been charged with reckless conduct endangering persons, prohibited person possess firearm, theft of motor car and numerous other charges. A 46-year-old Mornington man was charged with possess drug of dependence. The pair were arrested yesterday in a car park off Frankston-Flinders Road on Monday 7 March, about 11.50am.
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