Police have charged a man following an alleged incident in Frankston on Monday. An 18-year-old Skye woman was injured after her car was stolen on Frankston-Cranbourne Road about 7.30pm. A police car was also rammed during the incident and a 35-year-old Seaford woman was arrested at the scene. Special Operations Group officers arrested a 30-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman on Amberley Crescent in Dandenong South about 5.45pm yesterday. The Skye man was charged with a number of offences including: Aggravated carjacking Reckless conduct endangering life Reckless conduct endangering serious injury Prohibited person possessing a firearm Theft of motor vehicle…
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A TEENAGER walking home through Edithvale Recreation Reserve had his watch stolen by another youth holding a knife, 12.20am, Sunday 21 January. The victim, 16, told police three teenagers shouted at him as he neared a playground, with one demanding he hand over his watch. He ignored him. The offender then stood in front of the victim and held out a 15cm knife, again demanding the watch. The victim complied and the attackers walked off towards Edithvale Rd. He then called his mother who took him to Chelsea police station. Police are searching for the youths who are described as…
A YOUTH allegedly went on a rampage in Albert St, Mordialloc, damaging 10 cars as he walked towards McDonald St, 6.30am, Friday 19 January. The Mordialloc youth, 17, allegedly kicked the side mirrors off the cars and even threw a pole stolen from a construction site at one of the cars. A witness restrained the youth at the construction site and called Cheltenham police. He was taken to Monash medical centre for assessment and is expected to be charged on summons with multiple counts of criminal damage. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000. First…
MP for Isaacs and shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has hit out at delays in the NBN rollout. Mr Dreyfus, who is also Shadow Minister for National Security, said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in 2013 “promised that the National Broadband Network would be rolled out to every household in Australia by the end of 2016”. “It is now 2018 and most parts of the Isaacs electorate are still without the NBN, while the areas that have been connected often suffer from inadequate speeds and other problems,” he said. “Late last year the Turnbull government announced that NBN Co was putting an…
ARTIST Joseph Rayner will display 35 works at the first exhibition for the year at St Nicholas Church, Mordialloc, 3-11 February. An opening celebration will be held 6.30pm, Saturday 3 February. The Mentone resident said his “conceptual” works were “all different”. “I do what I like to get my ideas across,” he said. “I’ve done a few religious ones and I want to see their impact on the visitors and see how they react to them. “That will allow me to have a think about selling them.” Mr Rayner said he had exhibited previously to members of the Mordialloc Mentone…