A MAN is wanted by police after allegedly using counterfeit money at a Baxter motel. Police allege that the man used the fake cash at the Baxter-Tooradin Road motel on 31 January. He is alleged to have approached the gaming counter and asked to exchange a counterfeit $50 note. Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit are looking into the matter. They say the offender is of medium height and build, has red hair, is unshaven and was wearing a black shirt with multi coloured board shorts. An image of a man police wish to speak to has been released. Information to…
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FOUR teenagers have been arrested after an alleged aggravated burglary in Frankston, overnight 19 March. A woman in a Deane Street home heard noises and found that her handbag, keys, and car were missing just before midnight. An hour later, police responded to a report of people near a suspect car on Paperbank Drive, Mt Martha. Police found the woman’s stolen car and arrested the four alleged offenders at the scene. Two 18-year-old boys, from Langwarrin and Tyabb, as well as a 19-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl from Frankston are assisting police with their enquiries. Police also recovered several items…
TWO more people have been arrested in relation to an alleged shooting incident in Carrum Downs last month. On 16 February, a man was allegedly run down in a car after a shot was fired at him. On 17 March two men, aged 26 and 18, were arrested after an extended pursuit. The two were travelling in a stolen station wagon. After intercepting the car, police allege that they found a shotgun and ammo inside. The 26-year-old will be charged with intentionally cause serious injury, theft of motor car, traffic, and firearm offences. Police will allege he was the man…
A FINKS Outlaw Motorcycle Club clubhouse in Cranbourne West has been badly damaged by a fire. Police say they are investigating the “possible links” between three blazes overnight on 18 March. At around 11pm police were called to a supplement store on Nepean Highway, Frankston to investigate a fire. Just ten minutes later, police attended a car on fire in Brunei Road, Seaford. Police say that two men with covered faces were spotted running from the alight vehicle into a nearby reserve. At around 1.30am, emergency services responded to reports of a possible explosion at a Morialta Road, Cranbourne West,…
SCHOOL is out early and many businesses will be forced to shut their doors as part of the latest COVID-19 precautions implemented across Victoria. Premier Daniel Andrews announced late last week that school holidays would begin from Tuesday 24 March in an effort to “combat the spread of coronavirus”. “This is not something that we do lightly, but it’s clear that if we don’t take this step, more Victorians will contract coronavirus, our hospitals will be overwhelmed and more Victorians will die,” Mr Andrews said. “Victorians will still be able to go to the supermarket, the bank, the pharmacy and…