A DRIVER out to get some Chinese takeaway wrote off his car in Towerhill Road, Frankston South, and then allegedly blew more than four times the legal limit when breath-tested at Frankston police station. Somerville Highway Patrol police drove to Frankston South, 8.40pm, Wednesday 25 July, after receiving reports of a car backing out of a driveway and hitting a wall. By the time they got there the car had gone. Five minutes later they were called to Towerhill Road where the same car had crashed into a pole. The car was a write-off, but the driver, 55, of Frankston…
Author: Bayside News
A BOY, 14, was robbed at knifepoint by two 16-year-old boys outside the cinema complex in Frankston’s Wells Street on Sunday 22 July. The victim was approached by the two teens who demanded cash before allegedly kicking the 14-year-old in the head. After one of the 16-year-olds brought out a knife the victim handed over $20 in cash. Police arrested two teens, one from Frankston and the other from Noble Park, the next day. The Frankston youth was allegedly involved in a forced entry into a shed at the rear of a Frankston North home late on the Sunday night.…
A TRADIE intervened to disarm a would be armed robbery at a Beach Street 7-Eleven store last week. The Chisholm TAFE student was taking a break from studies at about 10.30am on Tuesday morning (31 July) when he noticed a man with a box cutter allegedly threatening a 7-Eleven attendant. Frankston Crime Investigation Unit Detective Sergeant Alistair Boyd said the tradie entered the store and grabbed the box cutter from the aspiring robber. Police quickly arrived after the tradie’s TAFE mates called about the attempted armed robbery. A Hastings man, 43, was arrested at a nearby laundromat in Beach Street.…
THE high number of unregistered “monkey bikes” in streets, reserves and parks throughout Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula is a worry to Somerville Highway Patrol. They say residents complain about the bikes’ noise, possible damage to the environment and sometimes the riders (pictured) are considered a danger to other road users. A tragic example of what can happen as a result of this illegal behaviour occurred at the Carrum Downs shopping centre (“Hit-run mum death charges” The Times 28/9/2015). “Given the places these bikes can access that police vehicles can’t, and the tendency of the riders not to obey police…
BLUESCOPE is exporting tens of thousands of tonnes of steel to the United States from its Western Port base in a growth surge the company says has helped it create 150 jobs over the past year. Last week 10,000 tonnes of steel was shipped from Hastings to the West Coast port of Longbeach – later to be galvanised or pre-painted for various applications, such as building, general manufacturing or car making. BlueScope is able to sell to the US through its Steelscope joint venture because Australia has, so far, escaped tariffs imposed on other countries’ steel exports by US President…