A 49-YEAR-old man and two boys aged 15 and 16 have been arrested over nearly 90 property damage incidents involving marbles. Police allege the man and two boys used a slingshot to catapult marbles into business windows in suburbs including Mentone, Bentleigh, Collingwood, Cremorne, Docklands, Richmond, South Yarra, and St Kilda. Police say 87 victims have come forward, and the offending occurred between September and December. The total damage bill exceeds $1 million, police say. On the morning of 13 December, police raided a home in Cheltenham. Inside they allegedly found a small cannabis crop, six firearms, four extendable batons,…
Author: Bayside News
THE Liberal Party has preselected a candidate for Isaacs at the next federal election. Isaacs has been a Labor seat since 1996. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is the incumbent, having held the seat since 2007. Last week, the Liberal Party announced that businessman Anthony Richardson had been endorsed as its candidate for Isaacs. In a statement, Richardson said “families in the Isaacs electorate deserve a dedicated community representative in Canberra who will work hard to fix local issues and reduce the cost of living in the Bayside area.” “I want to represent you in Isaacs so that we can work for…
A 24-HOUR cat curfew will not be implemented in the Kingston municipality for now. Kingston Council had been considering following the lead of many other Victorian councils and implementing a 24-hour ban on cats being outside properties. At their December meeting, Kingston councillors elected to continue the current policy of a night-time ban from sunset to sunrise. The night-time ban was implemented in 2010. Kingston councillors have agreed to reassess the future of a 24-hour ban when council’s 2021-2025 domestic animal management plan is renewed. A report prepared by Kingston Council officers read that council would respond to feedback from…
THE life of dedicated Frankston environmentalist Kath Hassell was honoured at a plaque unveiling last week. Hassell was a Frankston Beach Association member and spent decades advocating for the preservation of Frankston’s natural open spaces. She died at the end of 2020. Last week, a plaque commemorating her life was unveiled at the Sentinel sculpture near Cliff Road in Frankston. A big crowd of friends and family gathered to remember the environmental warrior. Hassell’s daughter, Jennifer Hassell, said the Sentinel sculpture was the perfect location for a plaque. “While I think of this as mum’s bird, the Sentinel is about…
Two men and a woman have been charged with trafficking illicit substances following separate search warrants in Frankston and Bonbeach last week. The investigation continued following three search warrants executed in Frankston, Carrum and Mordialloc on Wednesday 11 October 2023, where a man and woman were arrested and charged with drug trafficking and firearms offences; they remain before the courts. Following extensive enquiries as part of Operation Blade, Mornington Divisional Response Unit officers – with assistance from the Dog Squad – executed a search warrant at a home on the Nepean Highway, Frankston, on Tuesday 12 December. Police seized traffickable…