A “DANGEROUS” dog has been seized by Frankston Council after an attack on a smaller dog and its owner that left both in need of medical treatment. The female dog was seized from a Langwarrin property and declared a dangerous dog. Council are also looking for a male dog in relation to the attack. The accused owner of the “dangerous” dogs was fined $5000 and ordered to pay costs to council and to the attacked owner to pay for medical and vet expenses. Frankston mayor Cr Michael O’Reilly said “it was due to the great work of council officers that…
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DRUGS, cash, and electronic devices were seized by police from a house in Edithvale on 28 March. A warrant was executed at the property as part of an “ongoing” drug trafficking investigation. Moorabbin Frontline Tactical unit members entered the Lochiel Avenue property at around 4.40am and arrested two people. Two Edithvale men, aged 23 and 24, were charged with trafficking ketamine, trafficking cocaine, trafficking methylamphetamine, trafficking prescription drugs and dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime. They were remanded in custody and appeared at the Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on 29 March. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone…
THE doors of the Moorabbin Meals on Wheels service are set to close, with the service to be run exclusively from Bonbeach from 1 July onwards. The mayor Cr Georgina Oxley said the service needed to be consolidated because the Moorabbin site had not been updated in “many years”. “Kingston was proud to invest in a new purpose built delivered meals kitchen which opened in Bonbeach in late 2015. This larger kitchen is able to cater for Kingston’s entire delivered meals program, which is also facing decreasing demand due to the rise in alternatives including frozen meals and home deliveries,”…
POLICE are investigating the assault of two cyclists who were struck on the back of the head by someone riding in a Holden Commodore on Cranbourne – Frankston Road, 19 March. The father and son were riding their bikes near Peninsula Link at around 4.15pm when they were struck by a passenger of the Holden Commodore with an unknown object. The vehicle was seen turning onto McLelland Drive Langwarrin. Any witnesses are encouraged to call Senior Constable Humber at Carrum Downs Police station at 8770 4110. First published in the Frankston Times – 1 April 2019
A woman has died after an alleged hit and run incident in Chelsea involving a cyclist and a ute on 28 March. The 50-year-old Chelsea woman was riding her bike along the Nepean Highway at around 5.40am when she was allegedly struck by a ute. Police allege that the driver of the ute fled the scene. A 28-year-old Parkdale man was arrested in Broadmeadows after his car was located in Seaford a little after 8am. He was charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury and failing to render assistance. Those charges are expected to be upgraded. The Parkdale man appeared…