THEFTS from motor vehicles are becoming an all-too-common problem in the Patterson Lakes, Chelsea, and Bonbeach areas. Police are searching for offenders who ransacked a utility in Palm Beach Dr, Patterson Lakes overnight on Wednesday and stole an iPhone 5.
There was no sign of forced entry to the vehicle which was in the driveway.
In a car break-in the same street next evening, thieves broke into a vehicle and stole a wallet containing $1100 cash and credit cards, Makita screw gun $700, and MP3 player $200. Another vehicle, this time in Long Island Pt, Patterson Lakes, had its number plate stolen on Sunday. One-way screws are available from most police stations.
Overnight on Thursday, thieves broke into a car in the carport of a house in Scotch Pde, Bonbeach, and stole an MP3 player valued at $200, front gate remote control $100, sunglasses $150 and hat $20.
Police said the offenders scaled a 183cm fence to get at the car and then left the door open when leaving. Thieves stole a $1000 camera from a car parked in the driveway of a house in Laraine Ct, Bonbeach, overnight on Thursday.
They gained entry via the passenger door and dropped the camera cover in the driveway.
A peaked cap was the only item stolen from the back seat of a car in Carpenter Crt, Chelsea, overnight on Thursday, although police said the thieves “went through” the glove box and centre console.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 27 May 2015