A SEARCH is underway for a missing teenager last seen on Young Street in Frankston. Eighteen-year-old Jaxon was last spotted on Young Street on 4 July. In a statement, Victoria Police said “family have concerns for his welfare as he has a medical condition.”Victoria Police says the missing teenager is known to frequent the Frankston CBD area. They describe him as “180cm tall, thin build, wearing a black puffer jacket, dark hoodie, grey tracksuit pants and black Nike TN shoes.”Anyone with information about his whereabouts can contact Frankston Police Station on 9784 5555 to assist. First published in the Frankston…
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Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a series of aggravated burglaries in Langwarrin. Investigators understand the unknown male offender entered a house on Wattlebird Crescent an attempted to steal car keys before he was confronted by a resident and ran to a neighbouring property about 6.35pm on Sunday, 14 July. The offender was again confronted by a resident and jumped a fence before entering the garage of a third residence. It is believed the offender accessed two vehicles but was unable to get them started and fled. The same offender has then attended a fourth…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested and charged three teenage boys following an alleged carjacking in Langwarrin, aggravated home invasion in Oakleigh and three separate theft of motor vehicle incidents on 11 July. It is alleged the trio approached the Langwarrin carjacking victim on Romsey Place at a residential address about 1.45pm. The offenders allegedly stole the vehicle from the victim who has attempted to stop them before allegedly being assaulted and run over by the vehicle as it drove away. The victim, a 33-year-old man, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The vehicle was then dumped in…
FIRE Rescue Victoria has issued a plea for people to check their smoke alarms and make plans to prevent fatal house fires this winter.Children, elderly people, smokers, and people with disabilities are most at-risk of fatal house fires, Fire Rescue Victoria research has found. FRV deputy commissioner of community safety Joshua Fischer says that “planning and practising a home fire escape plan” could be a life-saving exercise.“When firefighters respond to a house fire, it’s a priority to ensure everyone is out of harm’s way. You can help us – and protect your loved ones – by having an effective home…
FAMILY violence offenders in Frankston have been targeted by a Victoria Police operation this year. Victoria Police has arrested 2700 family violence offenders between January and June this year, and has charged them with more than 7500 offences. It says the arrests are the result of a “major police blitz” across the Frankston, Greater Dandenong, Mornington Peninsula, Cardinia, and Casey areas. More than 70 per cent of family violence incidents in the south-eastern suburbs of Victoria occurred in those places.Frankston was ranked sixth out of 79 Victorian local government areas for number of family violences offences in the year ending…