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Police patrol AN outdoor seat with plaque dedicated to the memory of Joan Backhouse was stolen from lawns outside St Mark’s Church, Balnarring, overnight Wednesday 4 October. The jarrah three-seater, with the plaque mounted in middle, had been bolted onto concrete between the vicarage and the church on the Stumpy Gully Rd side of the property. Senior Constable Travis O’Donnell, of Hastings police, said the seat was valued at about $1200 but had a greater sentimental value.
Gone for 30 days A FERRARI was impounded for a month after the 51-year-old driver was allegedly detected driving at more than 50kph over the limit in Mornington, Sunday afternoon. The red 1987 coupe was clocked at 132kph in an 80kph zone on Bentons Rd about 2.30pm. The car was also unregistered. The Mornington man will face a $950 impound bill. He is expected to be charged on summons with high range speeding and driving an unregistered vehicle.
Help with rescue POLICE were helped by CFA and SES crews at the scene of an accident in which a 60-year-old woman drove her car into a house in Steedman Drive, Mornington, Tuesday 10 October. The car crossed the front yard and partially entered a front room, badly
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damaging the pillar of the garage. Acting Sergeant Steve Giuliani, of Mornington police, said the woman suffered non-life threatening injuries in the incident at 3.20pm. The Mornington woman was taken to hospital by ambulance. SES and engineers helped stablise the front of the house. Nobody was at home at the time of the accident. Investigations into the cause of the accident are on-going.
Car fire A ROSEBUD man was last week questioned after an incident in which a Nissan utility was burnt out on a Jetty Rd nature strip. No one was at the scene when police arrived, 11.20pm, Tuesday 10 October, but two witnesses said they saw a man walking away. Soon after, neighbours heard a man climbing over fences in nearby Seventh Av. Police questioned a 40-year-old man who was later taken to hospital with an injured ankle.
A MAN with a kitchen knife forced a driver out of his van at Rye, 7.40pm, Monday 9 October, and stole it. The carjacker approached the driver in Ozone St and demanded his keys before driving off in a southerly direction. The driver was not injured. Earlier, the carjacker had approached a woman in her car in the Subway car park and demanded her keys. When she refused he asked if she was insured. She said no and he walked off east along Point Nepean Rd.
House razed A FAULTY air-conditioner is believed tyo have caused a fire which destroyed a Portsea house, 12.30pm, Friday 6 October. The owner’s daughter was alerted by a smoke alarm and ran into the lounge room of the McGregor Av house to find the unit ablaze. She tried to extinguish it before calling in emergency services and running outside. The fire quickly took hold in other rooms. Sorrento CFA captain Darren Croad said it took crews from Sorrento, Rye and Rosebud three and a half hours to extinguish.
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No charges have been laid. Rosebud CFA crews extinguished the blaze. The man is described as being Caucasian, 183cm tall, with a stocky build, tanned complexion, dark hair and stubble. He was wearing jeans, runners and a dark-coloured hoodie with a white motif on the front. CCTV images of a man police would like to talk to are available at vicpolicenews.com.au
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