A 13-YEAR-old from Frankston was among five teenagers arrested after a police car was allegedly rammed in Lilydale.
Police allege that a Ford Focus stolen from Richmond earlier that day was spotted travelling on the Maroondah Highway at about 1.30pm on 22 January. The car allegedly rammed a marked police car after officers attempted to box it in.
Police later received a report that the teenagers had pulled up on Burdekin Street in Bayswater and climbed on board a bus. Police intercepted the bus and arrested the five teenagers: three 13-year-old girls and one 13-year-old boy from the Bayside, Glen Eira, Frankston,and Yarra Ranges areas and a 16-year-old girl from the Latrobe area.
First published in the Frankston Times – 3 February 2026