Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 11-year-old Ben Hodson. Ben was last seen on 25th March 2018 in the Mount Eliza area. Police have concerns for his welfare due to his age and the length of time he has been missing. Ben is 155cm tall with a skinny build, fair complexion and blonde hair. Ben is known to frequent the Hastings and Frankston areas. Police have also released an image of Ben in the hope someone recognises him and can provide information regarding his current whereabouts. Anyone with information about Ben is asked to contact Mornington…
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Firefighters discovered a man’s body in a car when called out to a vehicle blaze at about 7pm last night (Wednesday 28 March) on Golf Links Road in Frankston South. Police are investigating the circumstances of the death. UPDATE: The man has been identified as an 83-year-old. The death is not deemed suspicious. It is believed the driver may have had a heart attack.
A 1995 Nissan sedan originally stolen from Dandenong Plaza on Friday 23 March was later found burnt out at about 8.30pm in a rear carpark of a factory complex at Garden Boulevard, Dingley. The vehicle was spotted in Evan Street, Parkdale before being set alight in the evening. Firefighters attended to the car blaze. Police are seeking witnesses to the arson. Witnesses are also being sought to a stolen 2002 Holden white sedan set alight at the end of Canterbury Road, Braeside at about 12.15am on Saturday 24 March. The car was stolen from Mollison Street in Dandenong North earlier…
POLICE patrolling Parkdale last Monday (19 March) arrested a duo seemingly involved in thefts from vehicles. A male, 17, and female, 23, from Mordialloc were chased by police having been seen acting suspiciously. Vehicle break-in tools and stolen property was found in their possession. The pair was charged with thefts from motor cars and drug offences. The male has been remanded in custody. The woman was bailed to appear at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on 27 April. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 28 March 2018
PEOPLE can now have their say on the planned Mordialloc Bypass in the wake of the release of Environmental Effects Statement (EES) scoping on the project. The Residents Against Mordialloc Freeway (RAMF) says the community can make any environmental concerns known to the state government’s Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) through the scoping process. “This is the community’s opportunity to tell VicRoads and DELWP what environmental, social, economic and cultural issues the community believes should be covered by the EES,” RAMF president Scott Fothergill said. “During our own AGM on 6 February, VicRoads and DELWP were kind…