SORRENTO and Mt Martha beaches recorded the highest number of boating offences during the Water Police’s Operation Jetwash. Thirty-one offences were detected at each of those beaches in the operation which targeted unsafe behaviour over the holiday period. Twenty-five offences were detected at Rye, 24 at Martha Cove and 22 at Frankston during the six-day blitz. As the name of the operation suggests, the police’s major focus was on jet skis and their owners’ behaviour. More than 220 infringements were issued including 53 for speeding – the most common offence. This included 39 for exceeding five knots within 50 metres…
Author: Bayside News
FRANKSTON councillors have voted to confer with emergency services about the possibility of cutting off vehicle access to Station Street Mall. Councillors voted nearly unanimously to explore cutting off vehicle access, a move that Cr Colin Hampton said was important to ensure the area is “as pedestrian friendly as possible”. The Station Street Mall is home to a number of restaurants and other businesses, and vehicle access is currently allowed for the whole stretch of the mall. Under the proposed changes, a turnoff to the Bayside Shopping Centre car park near the Young Street entrance would serve as the cut…
KINGSTON CIU detectives are investigating a spree of attempted thefts from motor vehicles in Patterson Lakes, 23 January. Police said that a man attempted to break into three cars on Palm Beach Drive, trying to steal tools from utes and vans. Police said they believe the man was driving a large black ute while attempting to commit the thefts. The man was wearing a jacket, shorts, and white runners with black laces. He is described as being of European appearance, in his early 30s, with dark wavy hair and an unshaven face. Police have released images of the man they…
FRANKSTON Police are investigating an alleged incident between a taxi driver and his passenger overnight on 20 January. The alleged incident occurred at 12.15am, after a row between the victim and the offender. Police said the passenger in the taxi, being driven in the Frankston area, had fled without paying the driver earlier in the evening. The driver later spotted the man and asked him for payment, which police said resulted in the offender becoming verbally abusive. Police alleged that the driver had stepped out of the taxi, and was punched in the mouth by the man. He required several…
DUNKLEY MP Chris Crewther has said he would be “happy to support” a trial of a cashless welfare card system in Frankston. The system being trialled interstate sees 80 per cent of money from Centrelink payments received by welfare recipients placed onto a card, where it cannot be withdrawn. The money on the card also cannot be used to buy alcohol or on gambling products. The card has been trialled in four regions across Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia. Mr Crewther said “the program helps kids get their school books and makes sure money is not used on drugs…