THE top 10 books borrowed from Frankston libraries last year reveal local readers have a passion for suspense thrillers. Frankston Council revealed library members are thrill seekers when deciding to pick up a book. The top 10 fiction titles borrowed in 2017, in order of popularity, were: Night School by Lee Child The Crossing by Michael Connelly The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly Make Me by Lee Child Secrets of a Happy Marriage by Cathy Kelly A Distant Journey by Di Morrissey The Last Mile by David Baldacci Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriaty Never Never by James Patterson Bullseye by James Patterson Most of the top 10…
Author: Bayside News
HUMAN bones – possibly part of a child’s jawbone – were found at Ricketts Point beach, 5pm, Thursday 11 January. A Beaumaris beachgoer exploring a rock pool found the jawbone with one tooth attached and reported it to a Parks Victoria officer who notified police. The lower mandible, several vertebrae and a partial ball joint were taken to the coroner’s court for forensic testing. Detective Sergeant Gary Windhager, of Bayside CIU, said police search and rescue crews twice scoured the area collecting up to a kilogram of human bones. Tests are expected to determine the age, gender and length of…
A DRUG-AFFECTED motorist sparked a major scare at a Braeside service station when he poured petrol over his car’s front seat and then set off firecrackers near the open driver’s side door. Detective Senior Constable Andy Sapir, of Kingston CIU, said the man had admitted taking a “bad batch of ice” prior to the Wednesday 10 January incident and had little recollection of what could have been a catastrophe. A 41-year-old Frankston man was remanded to appear at Moorabbin Magistrate’s Court next month charged with reckless conduct endangering life. The Boundary Rd station attendant in Braeside watched on as the…
AN Aspendale man was punched in the face by a burglar who he confronted in the hallway of his Aspendale home, 8.15pm, Sunday 14 January. The resident was asleep when the offender forced a sliding window at the Nepean Highway house and rummaged through desks and draws before making his way upstairs. He may have been about to enter the main bedroom when the resident confronted him and was attacked. The thief told him, “Stay down, dog”. The man stole the resident’s phone and was last seen running towards Nepean Highway. He is described as Caucasian, 170cm tall, with slicked…
A WOULD-BE bank robber armed with a portable weed sprayer menaced a teller at the Commonwealth Bank, Main St, Mordialloc, Wednesday 10 January. The man, carrying a backpack which may have contained the weedkiller, and wearing a bike helmet, allegedly stuck the spray nozzle through the female teller’s security shield and squirted weedkiller at her while demanding money. The teller quickly activated the anti-theft screen and raised the alarm. Nothing was taken. The man walked quickly to the door and was last seen on Pompeii’s bridge at 3.15pm. A witness said he saw the man go under the bridge, where…