POLICE commandeered bicycles during a pursuit in Bangholme, 20 June. Police say that a stolen Hyundai sedan crashed into two cars on Eastlink, around 8.20am. Three people fled from the car on foot into the Dandenong Creek Trail. Two attending police officers borrowed an electric bike and a push bike from two onlookers, and pursued the suspects. The three people were chased for more than a kilometer before police caught up with them. Police then arrested two 15-year-boys and a 16-year-old girl, who were taken to hospital for observation. The bicycles were returned to their rightful owners. Any witnesses or…
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A 13-YEAR-old girl has been charged over an aggravated burglary in Aspendale. Police allege that a home invasion took place in Brighton on 28 May, followed by an aggravated burglary in Aspendale on 12 June and an aggravated burglary and home invasion in Lyndhurst, 12 and 13 June. Police soon arrested a 13-year-old girl in relation to the alleged offences. Southern Metro Crime Team detectives have charged her with home invasion, aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle and numerous other driving charges. The girl has been taken before a Children’s Court. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News -…
A TOTAL of $50,000 in grant funding has been paid to local emergency relief service providers to help them cope with rising demand from the recent lockdowns. Kingston Council has allocated the funding to numerous local groups. Pantry 5000, Bayside Community Care Emergency Food Relief, Matt’s Place, Kingston City Church Emergency Resources, Make a Difference Dingley Village, Mentone Community Assistance and Information Bureau, Chelsea Community Support Service, Churches of Christ Auspice Community Care, Bayside Community information and support services, and Chelsea Longbeach Anglican Church have been chosen to receive funding. Each organisation will receive a one-off payment of $5000. Kingston…
A CAUTIONARY tale of the harmful effects of gambling has been penned by an Edithvale playwright. Kieran Carroll has devised the play Enough is Enough. The story follows four gambling addicts whose lives start to unravel. The play is set around a bayside hotel with pokies, which does not shut until 5am. Gambling drives one towards criminal activity, another to counselling, another to illness, and another to grief. A bar worker observes the gamblers and watches their lives fall apart. Members of the local community have helped put the play together by contributing their own stories. The performance concludes with…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for information following a burglary in Seaford on the weekend. Investigators have been told unknown offenders forced their way into a sporting club located at East Road Seaford, sometime between Thursday 17 and Sunday 20 June 2021. They then forced entry to a locked storage room inside the building and stole a number of boxes that contained brand new jumpers and footballs, valued at over $3,000. The footballs, size four and five and worth about $100 each, are Sherrin and Ross Faulkner branded. The jumpers have SJFC (Seaford Junior Football Club) printed on…