Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested six teenagers following a stabbing in Mordialloc on Friday 24 January. It is alleged a 15-year-old boy was approached by a number of unknown youths on Main Street when they made demands for his property before assaulting him about 2.30pm. The boy received a stab wound and serious head injuries and was taken to hospital. All parties are known to each other. Detectives arrested six teenagers this morning. A 17-year-old Patterson Lakes boy has been charged and remanded with robbery and intentionally cause injury. He will appear at a children’s court today. A…
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PENINSULA-born playwright, Joanna Murray-Smith, tackles the confronting and heartbreaking issue of gun violence in American Song. Originally commissioned by Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, the play tackles the confronting and heartbreaking issue of gun violence, reaching beyond national or cultural borders in an intimate exploration of love, forgiveness and parental responsibility. With playwright Mur¬ray-Smith’s characteristically deft wit and compassion American Song makes a difficult topic thoroughly gripping, wryly humorous and deeply moving. “My biggest fear was writing a play that wore its political heart on its sleeve, that proclaimed its allegiances and set the audience on alert. Regardless of my view on…
CARRUM Downs police impounded an unregistered monkey bike in Centenary Street, Seaford, 10pm, Saturday 25 January. The 27-year-old rider, who was not wearing a helmet, mounted the kerb and rode onto the footpath before being intercepted. He was found to be disqualified from holding a car/motorbike licence and will be summonsed to attend Frankston Magistrates’ Court at a later date. The bike (pictured) was taken to an impound yard with a $961 release fee. A 26-year-old man died in Karingal on 5 December after crashing his unregistered an unroadworthy monkey bike. First published in the Frankston Times – 3 February…
FRANKSTON and Mornington Peninsula police officers arrested five people on 28 January as part of Operation Night Eagle. The police operation focuses on vehicle crime. Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit executed two search warrants in Hastings, and arrested four people. A 34-year-old man of no fixed address, a 29-year-old man from Hastings, a 31-year-old woman from Hastings, and a 16-year-old boy from Hastings were arrested. Police seized a pen pistol, drugs, and cash from the Curlew Court property where they made the arrests. The same morning police also arrested a 17-year-old boy in relation to an alleged attempted aggravated burglary…
PREDICTED smoke pollution failed to eventuate for the Saturday 18 January beach day organised by the Disabled Surfers Association Mornington Peninsula at Point Leo. “After our concerns about air quality the day was fine, air quality good and we had fun waves,” DSAMP president John Bowers said. He said the decision to go ahead with the day after the air quality was passed by Point Leo Surf Life Saving Club “based on the distance you can see”. “The club also provides invaluable facilities and assistance on our event days,” Mr Bowers said. Preparations for surf day began on the Friday,…