A COLUMN originally banned from Frankston Council’s ratepayer funded newsletter has been published in their November/December edition. Cr Glenn Aitken had a column criticising the code of conduct banned from the Frankston City News earlier in the year. A vote at a public council meeting in September confirmed that the column would be published. The column reads that “far too often, in all levels of government, elected members unforgivably lose touch with reality and adopt a snarling or highly superior attitude, ultimately failing the people they were elected by. This is precisely why, successive opinion polls have demonstrated politicians are…
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FRANKSTON and Carrum Downs police helped to implement a five day road safety operation last week. The operation ran from 1 November to 5 November. Statewide, 10,900 traffic offences and 925 criminal offences were detected. 4200 were caught speeding, 662 on their phones, over 1000 were caught driving in unregistered cars, and just under 400 were found to be driving unlicensed. 250 drink drivers and 271 drug drivers were caught by police over a five day period. Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Stephen Leane said “we shouldn’t have to remind people of the dangers of drink and drug driving, not…
POLICE have begun a renewed push to stop monkey bike riders in Frankston North and Carrum Downs. Monkey bike riding and hooning in areas such as the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve have caused police to put out a renewed call for information that might lead to arrests. “Police would desperately love to prevent another serious injury or death in relation to these motorcycles. We don’t need to lose another innocent person to this dangerous behaviour,” a police spokesperson said. “Police are appealing for any information relating to these activities, photos/dashcam/CCTV as well as where these bikes are coming and…
A MAN has been arrested in Patterson Lakes, accused of stealing nine cars in a Doncaster burglary. The 41-year-old Dromana man allegedly committed the burglaries on 24 October. He was arrested at a Rhode Island address on 31 October and charged with 11 offences including burglary and theft. A 43-year-old Dandenong man was also charged with theft after he was seen in one of the allegedly stolen cars at Patterson Lakes. He was bailed to appear at the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 11 December . Police have recovered four cars, but five are still outstanding. A 2019 blue Subaru Forester,…
A MAN has been charged with the alleged murder of a man in Dandenong in March of this year. On 7 November, police executed search warrants in Seaford, Hampton Park, Hallam, Dandenong, Endeavour Hills, Deer Park, and Narre Warren South as part of their investigation into the alleged murder. They arrested two people, and charged a 25-year-old man with one count of murder and firearms offences. The charges date back to 3 March, when 51-year-old Mitat Rasimi was found by police in a car, unresponsive with gunshot wounds. A 26-year-old Hallam man was also arrested, but released without charge. The…