FRANKSTON councillor Steven Hughes’ suspension is officially underway. Cr Hughes will spend a month out of action after an arbiter decided that his social media posts about council were an act of misconduct. (“Rebel councillor suspended over Facebook posts” The Times 31/8/21). Despite the ruling handed down, Cr Hughes was not directed to make an apology. The final judgement handed down by the arbiter was made public last week. It read that Cr Hughes should not be made to make an apology because the act would be “forced and insincere”. “The respondent has been found to have engaged in four…
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THE emergency department at Frankston Hospital has been named a tier one COVID-19 exposure site. A person who presented to the hospital on 3 September subsequently tested positive to COVID-19. Anyone else who was also in the acute area of the department on that day between 12pm and 10.30pm must get tested and isolate for 14 days. A statement from Peninsula Health read “all patients and visitors who were in the Emergency Department during this time are being contacted with this advice. This only applies to the Acute Area of the Emergency Department and excludes the Waiting Room, Fast Track/Paeds,…
A MAN has been arrested on Peninsula Link after allegedly driving a stolen Audi into a police car. Police allege that the man reversed the car into the police vehicle, then drove towards Cranbourne. Police deployed stop sticks and arrested the man on Peninsula Link. The arrested man, a 39-year-old from Cranbourne, was charged with offences including theft of motor vehicle, damage to emergency service vehicle, dangerous driving, reckless conduct endangering life. He was taken to hospital under police guard. First published in the Frankston Times – 7 September 2021
THREE people have been charged over alleged burglaries at building sites in Keysborough, Patterson Lakes, and Seaford. Police arrested two men and a woman in Doveton on 24 August, seizing a car and tools from the address as well. Police also allege that they seized further stolen property from a house in Seaford. Police also allege that offenders had evaded them on Gamble Road, Carrum Downs, on 23 August. A 34-year-old Frankston man was charged with four counts of burglary, four counts of theft, fail to stop vehicle on police request, handle stolen goods, drive in a manner dangerous, and…
A FRANKSTON North man is among those charged with allegedly threatening police officers online after an anti-lockdown protest last month. Police say they have made several arrests after investigating “threats allegedly made about Victoria Police officers through social media, mobile devices and email which occurred following a rally in the CBD on Saturday 21 August.” A 34-year-old Frankston North man was charged with intimidation of a law enforcement officer, use telecommunications device to harass, and cannabis possession. He was bailed and will appear at the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 8 March. A 33-year-old Frankston South man was also arrested and…