A MAN who crashed into a tree in Parkdale has allegedly dropped numerous stolen items while fleeing from police. Mordialloc police responded to calls that a car had crashed on the Nepean Highway on 5 October. Police found the allegedly stolen car on nearby Fifth Avenue, and pursued the driver on foot. Police followed a trail of stolen items and arrested the alleged offender 500 metres from the car. The 25-year-old Bentleigh man was charged with multiple counts of theft, drug possession, weapon possession, bail and driving offences. Police searched the stolen car and allegedly found drugs, weapons, stolen number…
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A MAN who allegedly committed an aggravated burglary in Edithvale has been arrested after a 24 hour crime spree. The alleged offender, a 26-year-old man, was arrested on 19 October after a string of crimes that began in Carlton North. The man allegedly stole a mobile phone and car keys from a woman’s Carlton North home at around 7.15pm, 18 October. The alleged offender could not start the car, and then allegedly attempted to carjack a vehicle in Brunswick. A 31-year-old man inside the car refused to hand it over, and sustained two non-life threatening stab wounds. At around 8.10pm,…
THE annual Mates Day on the Bay celebrated its twentieth year this year. The event took place at Patterson River, and saw people with disabilities taken out on the water to enjoy a spot of fishing. The day was organised by the Futurefish Foundation. Former AFL player, commentator, and long time fishing enthusiast Rex Hunt was host on the day. Keen fishers hit the water from 8am on Sunday, 20 October. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 23 October 2019
WHILE successfully straddling the line between commercial success and managing to keep their Alternative Music roots secure, over their career, Eskimo Joe have racked up a long list of impressive stats. With 6 studio albums under their belts and sales in excess of 750,000, in Australia alone, the band has seen 3 of those albums debut at number 1 on the ARIA charts, with juggernaut ‘Black Fingernails, Red Wine’ shining for a monster 62 weeks in the Top 50 and “Foreign Land”, from their fourth album ‘Inshalla’, bringing home 2 APRA Awards, for Most Played Rock Song on Australian radio…
STUDENTS have dropped plastic bottles into Kananook Creek in a bid to track where litter ends up in local waterways. Frankston High School students dropped five bottles, fitted with GPS trackers, into the creek on 16 October as part of the Litter Trackers program. The program is a joint initiative between RMIT and Melbourne Water. RMIT aquatic scientist Dr Kavitha Chinathamby said “litter entering our waterways could end up in the bay, harming animals and polluting the environment.” “Ninety-five per cent of litter transported through stormwater drains into rivers ultimately ends up on beaches in Port Phillip Bay,” Dr Chinathamby…