FOUR teenagers were arrested in Carrum Downs last week in relation to a string of alleged cigarette and alcohol thefts. An 18-year-old and three 17-year-olds were arrested on Amayla Crescent on 12 September. Police allege they were involved in up to fourteen incidents across Carrum Downs, Aspendale, Camberwell, Preston, Mooroolbark, Heidelberg Heights, Bentleigh East, Wheelers Hill, Doreen, Laverton North, Alphington, Caulfield South, and Burwood. A 17-year-old Pakenham boy was charged with armed robbery, robbery, shopsteal, unlawful assault, and driving while disqualified. A 17-year-old Wheelers Hill boy was charged with robbery, shopsteal, handling stolen goods, unlawful assault, theft, committing an indictable…
Author: Bayside News
CHELSEA residents received a shock wakeup last weekend when they discovered their car had been driven through a wall. The vehicle’s owners, who live on Thames Promenade, were woken by a loud sound at around 4.30am on 17 September. Outside they found their Toyota 4WD amid the ruins of a brick wall. Police are investigating the incident. Although nobody at the scene was injured, the car and property sustained major damage. Chelsea SES were called to the scene to assist. A statement on its Facebook page read “the crew cleared all the damaged brickwork from the footpath and front of…
A YOUNG Mentone athlete is getting ready to take part in a national camp next month. Deng Agook is an outstanding high-jump athlete from the Mentone Little Athletics Centre. He will take part in the 2023 Coles Little Athletics National High-Performance Camp for top ranked athletes born in 2009. The camp takes place on the Gold Coast between 1 October and 4 October. Little Atheletics Australia CEO Myles Foreman said it “is designed to help our next generation of athletes get the extra training and mentoring they need to take them to the next level in their chosen event.” “With…
A THIRD teenager has been charged over the alleged abduction of a 14-year-old in Glen Huntly earlier this month. The 14-year-old victim was allegedly forced into a Volkswagen on 4 September, then removed from the car on Neerim Road. He remains in hospital in a serious condition as of 13 September. Three teenagers have now been arrested in connection to the alleged incident. A 14-year-old Langwarrin girl was arrested in Langwarrin on 13 September. She was charged with conduct endangering serious injury, recklessly causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, dangerous driving, armed robbery, robbery, theft of motor vehicle…
A RECRUITMENT drive has seen Hastings Tennis Club more than double its membership. At the beginning of 2023 Hastings had no junior teams and a about 30 members. New coach Reece Driscoll said new members and new coaching programs had breathed new life into the club. “The club now has eight junior teams, two of which are section one, two nights of after-school coaching, a junior performance squad and has signed up over 50 new members,” he said. The club employed a new coaching team at the start of term two and with that had come a new atmosphere and…