POLICE have arrested three people after an alleged crime spree through Frankston on 17 June. Attempted carjacking, robbery, affray, and assault are among the charges laid. At around 8pm 17 June, a victim was allegedly knocked unconscious outside the Frankston Bowls Club. Later in the evening a victim in a Toyota Camry on Gould Street was targeted. A 48-year-old and her 10 year-old son were in the car. The alleged offender leant into the car and demanded the keys from the mother. The alleged carjacking attempt was unsuccessful after the victim chased the offender away. The alleged offender met up…
Author: Bayside News
PUBLIC assistance is being sought by police to help identify a man who left a petrol station without paying. On 9 June an unknown man filled up at a Baxter-Tooradin Road service station, and left without making an attempt to pay. The car the man was driving was a green holden ute with the number plate BAM684. Those registration plates were stolen from Dromana on 25 May. Police have released a CCTV image of a male who they believe may be able to assist with their inquiries. Anyone with any information in relation to this offence is urged to contact…
THE COMPLEXITIES of parent-child relationships family conflicts and rising living costs are some of the hidden factors behind elder abuse being uncovered by Peninsula Community Legal Centre. “Without adequate education of what constitutes this form of abuse, the perpetrator may be unaware their actions are abusive,” the centre’s legal services director Kate Ross said. PCLC says that Senior Rights Victoria’s help line data for the past two years points to the fact that 90 per cent of alleged perpetrators of elder abuse were related to the older person; often an adult son or daughter, or estranged ex-partner. “Part of the…
THE VicRoads Fit To Drive year 11 workshop has now been brought to over 100,000 students, with the group celebrating the milestone at McClelland College, Langwarrin. The program was started by former McClelland College principal Graham Spencer in response to a spike in road deaths involving young people in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula. The workshop has been developed and has grown over the past five years, and on 19 June returned to McClelland College to mark its 100,000th student reached. Fit To Drive foundation CEO Debbie Collings said “the F2D year 11 workshop was founded on a community’s…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance to help identify a man following the theft and use of a credit card in Carrum Downs earlier this month. The theft occurred when an unknown offender stole the credit card, after breaking into a parked car on Oberon Drive in Carrum Downs, overnight on 9-10 June. The stolen credit card was then used at a Frankston-Dandenong Road service station to purchase cigarettes, valued at $150, just after 5am on 10 June. Investigators have released images of a man who they believe can assist with their enquiries. Anyone with information…