TWO men menaced a 17-year-old boy with a knife before stealing his expensive watch, 1.20am, Saturday 25 November. The victim was walking north on McCormicks Rd, Sandhurst, when he was confronted by the offenders at the corner of Golfers Drive. “He was threatened with the knife and ordered to hand over all he had,” Detective Senior Constable Ray Dell, of Frankston CIU, said. The victim gave the thieves his Casio G Shock watch and the offenders then patted him down and found his iPhone 6 in his pocket. Thinking quickly, the victim grabbed his iPhone from their hands and fled north…
Author: Bayside News
TRAVELLING tradesmen offering discounted prices for work on the Mornington Peninsula over summer should be avoided, local police warn. Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Stephen McKenzie, of Mornington Peninsula CIU, said con artists offering cheap painting, roof repairs, driveway repairs and other similar work should be avoided. “These are people doing sub-standard work and charging considerably more than the value of the work being quoted,” he said. “Unfortunately, they are known to prey on the elderly and vulnerable, and can be very assertive, offering one-off sale prices or heavily discounted prices due to job cancellations or other reasons. Detective McKenzie said…
Police are appealing for public assistance after a man was assaulted during an incident in Frankston last weekend. The incident occurred outside a licensed premises on the Nepean Highway, near Davey Street, about 12.30am on Saturday, 25 November. An affray allegedly took place following a verbal altercation between two men and a second group of men. One of the men in the group, a 34-year-old Doveton man, sustained critical injuries during the incident and was conveyed to hospital. He remains in hospital. A 27-year-old Frankston man has been charged with recklessly causing serious injury and bailed to appear at court…
TWO cars were stolen from an Edithvale house and one later used in an attempted factory robbery, overnight Sunday 26 November. The owners said keys to two Subarus – one a black 2004 Imprezza (registration SVC537) and the other a black 2016 sedan (1HO7AV) – were kept in a bowl in the kitchen. The cars were at the Nepean Highway house at 2am but reportedly taken by 9am. CCTV footage at a factory in Teton Court, Highett, later in the morning shows a man standing behind the 2016 Subaru. Police said he was unsuccessful in jemmying open to the door…
FOUR males aged 17-20 pointed what looked like a handgun at two 13-year-old boys walking along Railway Parade, Highett, before stealing their computers, 5pm, Saturday 25 November. The men, described as Caucasian and driving a stolen 1999 Nissan Maxima sedan, approached the boys as they walked south towards the station. The driver pointed the black weapon directly at the boys and demanded they hand over their Apple iPads and iPhones. The driver and a second man then got out and again demanded the boys hand over the items. One boy did so while the second said he did not have…