A PARKDALE resident performed a citizen’s arrest after she arrived home to see a woman hiding among bushes near her driveway and her car door and hatch open, 7.30pm, Sunday 17 September.
The Roberts St woman grappled with the offender, 27, of no fixed address, and held her until police arrived.
The woman was charged over previous incidents at Dandenong and Chelsea Heights, including four counts of theft, three theft of motor cars, two burglaries and theft from a motor car.
She was also charged with handling stolen goods and unlicensed driving. The woman allegedly used one of the stolen cars – a 2007 BMW – to drive to the house where she was arrested.
She was remanded to appear at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court Wednesday 20 September.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 20 September 2017
