A MAN allegedly threatened a woman with a screwdriver after she returned to her car at Karingal Hub shopping centre earlier this month and found him rifling her glove box.
Acting Detective Sergeant Frank Olle, of Frankston police, said the Frankston woman managed to photograph the man (pictured) before he grabbed her phone and stomped on it, 8am, Monday 4 September. Police were later able to extract the image.
The 28-year-old woman told police that after challenging the man they squared off beside the car. He pushed her over while threatening her with a screwdriver taken from the glove box. The man then walked off with jewellery, cigarettes and three screwdrivers from the glove box.
Senior Sergeant Mick Lamb, of Frankston police, said the man may be connected to a similar incident in which a woman returned to her car at Karingal Hub and found a man sitting inside, 31 August. He is described as tall, skinny and aged in his 30s.