SUMMER’s official fire danger period started on Monday, coinciding with the week’s predicted high temperatures and dry conditions. The CFA-announced fire restrictions will last until 1am Monday 1 May and include a ban on any burning off without a permit, including on roadsides. Lighting fires or solid fuel heaters and barbecues is illegal if a total fire ban day is declared. Fire danger ratings and total fire ban status of all area with Victoria are available at cfa.vic.gov.au, or by calling the VicEmergency Hotline on 1800 226 226. Advice is available from the VicEmergency hotline, 1800 226 226 and check…
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POLICE are looking for a woman who stole credit cards from a car and used them to make purchases from a bottle shop, 29 October. The offender broke into a car in the Frankston CBD and stole the victim’s cards. An image of a woman (above) police want to speak to has been released. Anyone who recognises her is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au First published in the Frankston Times – 16 December 2019
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are making an appeal for information following the alleged theft of a car last month. Investigators have been told an unknown man and woman stole the car from a shopping centre carpark on Olsen Street between 3pm and 4pm on 14 November. The silver Toyota Echo hatch registered SLH248 remains outstanding Police have released images of a man and a woman who they believe can assist them with their enquiries. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au Victoria Police News – Wednesday,…
THE theft of a credit card in Parkdale is being investigated by police. Kingston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have been told that a credit card was stolen from a car parked on Birdwood Avenue, Parkdale early on 20 November. The stolen card was later used at service stations and convenience stores in Chelsea Heights and Braeside later that morning. Police have released images (above) of a man who they believe can assist with their enquiries. He is described as between 20 and 25 years old, with a large black spacer earring in his left ear. Anyone who recognises this man…
Police are appealing for witnesses following a series of deliberately-lit fires at the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve in Frankston North. Investigators say the first fire was reported on Sunday 24 November at 3.45pm. A fire was started in long grass in the north-west corner of the reserve, just south of Ballarto Road and alongside the Peninsula Link noise barrier. The second fire was started about 7.30am on Saturday 7 December on an embankment of the water catchment area to the west of the Orchard Track. Police say as the CFA was extinguishing that fire, they observed another blaze about…