FRANKSTON detectives are investigating a residential burglary and theft from a car in Seaford on Christmas Eve. They would like to talk to a man wearing a hi-vis top who may have used stolen credit cards to buy goods at a nearby service station. After the thefts, he was driven away in a purple Ford Falcon. Detectives would also like to talk to a teenager who was a passenger in the car, as well as the driver. Detective Acting Sergeant Gavin Hiku, of Frankston CIU, said the pair was “not believed to be involved in the initial burglary and theft…
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A TEENAGE girl waiting for her mother to pay for petrol at a Seaford service station was traumatised when a man allegedly jumped in and attempted to hijack their car, Thursday 4 January. Detective Senior Constable Marty O’Brien, of Frankston CIU, said the 16-year-old briefly struggled with the Frankston North man, 23, when he attempted to start their Ford Cougar car about 10.20pm. The quick-thinking teen managed to grab the keys and run inside the Nepean Highway service station shop where her mother called police. The man was remanded to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 17 January charged…
EMERGENCY services responders have been thanked for their quick response to a blaze in Carrum Downs that forced residents from Darnley Drive and August Court on Saturday 6 January. Police arrested a 15-year-old girl in relation to the fire that began in Blue Wren Rise at about 3pm as temperatures soared beyond 40 degrees Celsius on a total fire ban day (“Bush blaze scare”, The Times 8/1/18). A community meeting was held at Frankston North Community Centre in the wake of the blaze on Wednesday evening (10 January). Frankston mayor Cr Hampton thanked Country Fire Authority firefighters, council officers, Victoria Police…
STATE opposition leader Matthew Guy will visit the Frankston region on Friday as guest speaker at a business lunch organised by the advocacy group Committee for Greater Frankston. He will be the first state political leader to address the committee during this state election year, with Labor Premier Daniel Andrews scheduled to address a committee event in May, ahead of what is expected to be a hard-fought election campaign. The Frankston electorate is again expected to attract attention from the two major parties as one of four marginal seats in the southeast – Frankston, Carrum, Mordialloc and Bentleigh – that…
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman who was captured by police while driving a stolen car on the Monash Freeway, Monday 8 January, may be charged with stealing expensive jewellery from Southland. Detectives will allege the woman visited a high-end jeweller on Boxing Day and asked to see two rings valued at $20,000. When a staff member’s attention was diverted she allegedly “did a runner” with the rings. Although detectives knew her identity the woman was not seen again until a pursuit in which a Pakenham woman’s Suzuki Swift was driven across road spikes and crashed into three police cars with its tyres…