A GUNMAN, armed bandit, drink-drivers and speedsters have kept Frankston police busy in the lead-up to Christmas.
It’s not the start to the festive season they would have liked.
No one was injured when a man fired a handgun into a Frankston hotel around 10.40pm last Wednesday.
Police said a man approached the door to the function area of Davey’s hotel in Nepean Highway and fired four shots before running away. The bullets penetrated a glass barrier. A woman was in a back office at the time of the incident.
On Thursday, a woman driver was caught almost seven times over the legal alcohol limit in Frankston.
The 42-year-old, from Frankston, said she was on her way to pick up her son from kindergarten when she crashed into a parked car on Raphael Crescent around 12.20pm. No one was injured in the incident.
Breath-tested at Frankston police station, the woman was found to have a blood alcohol content of 0.326 per cent. She will be charged on summons with drink driving and other traffic offences.
In Moorooduc, highway patrol units from Frankston, Hastings and Rosebud joined an operation targeting drink drivers and licensing offences.
They breath-tested 853 drivers – with six returning positive readings. Four had their licences suspended immediately and will appear in court at a later date.
In another incident, a Mornington woman, 26, was caught driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.162 per cent and a 19-year-old man caught driving while his licence was suspended and exceeding the speed limit.
At Somerville, a man threatened staff with a large knife around 1am before making off with takings from the hotel in Station St.
Armed Crime Squad detectives are appealing for public help following the robbery on 3 December.
The offender is described as Caucasian, more than 183cm tall with a slim-to-medium build. He was wearing a black baseball cap with a white logo on the front, black pants and a black top with thick gloves.
Anyone with information on these incidents is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report to crimestoppersvic.com.au
A 17-year-old has lost his car for 30 days after being caught speeding in Dromana last week. Frankston highway patrol members clocked the Audi sedan at 157km/hr in a 100km/hr zone on the Mornington Peninsula Freeway.
Leading Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Frankston, Rosebud and Hastings highway patrol units had “teamed up” to provide an increased traffic presence around Frankston and on the peninsula.
“We have had enough of the increasing road trauma in the area and will do everything within our abilities to change driving attitudes,” he said.
The campaign includes 43 local and 22 state highway patrol operations.
