A 15-YEAR-old boy has been arrested after an alleged armed robbery, 6.20pm 20 July. The boy, from Dandenong South, allegedly approached a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old on the Frankston Foreshore and produced a knife. The boy is alleged to have assaulted one of the boys, causing minor facial injuries, and stole a bag. The 15-year-old was arrested in Frankston without incident and charged with armed robbery and assault. Police are continuing their inquiries about co-offenders. First published in the Frankston Times – 19 August 2019
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TWO PEOPLE who allegedly tried to evade police by jumping into Kananook Creek have ended up in hospital to be treated for hypothermia. Four people were inside a car spotted driving erratically on 8 August. Police said the car had been spotted driving at speeds of up to 120 kmph on the wrong side of the road at Main Street, Mornington, in the early hours of the morning. The car made its way to Frankston where police attempted to deploy stop sticks at Seaford Road. Police said the car veered towards them, hit a gutter, and crashed through a fence.…
FRANKSTON’s sister city relationship with Susono in Japan has been recognised with the opening of a tribute garden. The mayor Michael O’Reilly said the garden, next to Frankston Private Hospital, paid “tribute to Frankston’s enduring friendship with its Japanese sister city.” Susono is a city 115 kilometres from Tokyo, at the foot of Mount Fuji. The sister city relationship was established in 1982 with the help of the Yakazi Australia group. The garden features a plaque recognising their work. “Yazaki were a global leader in the car industry and the reason Susono became our sister city is because it is…
HAVING dialysis treatments three times a week isn’t easy, but an assistance dog can help make it a little less rough. Elle Heuch, a 28-year-old Frankston South resident, started dialysis treatment at the Frankston Haemodialysis Unit last year when her kidneys started to fail. The treatment proved to be a difficult time for Ms Heuch. “I have type 1 diabetes so that caused my kidney failure,” Ms Heuch said. “I’d had kidney disease for about four years when my kidneys started to fail in May last year. It was terrifying, the scariest thing that has happened to me and a…
FRANKSTON Council has voted unanimously to endorse their new busking code of conduct and street performance permit conditions. Under the revised rules, buskers will face new restrictions on how long they can play for. Buskers are now only permitted to perform for 30 minutes at a time, followed by a 10 minute break. They are forbidden from performing in one position in the municipality for longer than 90 minutes. The council officer’s report noted that the biggest changes to the code of conduct were that “street performance permits will be free, applicants [will be] vetted through a quality lens (keeping…