A teenage boy has been left explaining to his mum how a midnight munchies craving will result in the loss of her car for a month. Somerville Highway Patrol members randomly pulled over a Ford Territory on Pindara Boulevard in Langwarrin shortly before 12.45am. They were gobsmacked to find 11 teens piled into the 5-seater car for a late night fast food run. Five youths were packed into the boot area and four were squeezed into the backseat – the only two people wearing seatbelts were the driver and his front seat passenger. The 18-year-old male driver, from St Kilda,…
Author: Bayside News
Police are investigating the theft of a purse from a car in Mt Eliza in June. Investigators have been told an offender gained entry into a vehicle between 22 and 23 June and stole a purse containing cash, a department store gift card and a credit card. The offender attempted to use the credit card on 23 June at 7.33am at a convenience store in Black Rock. It was subsequently used at 8.03am on the same day at a Black Rock supermarket where items totalling $173 were purchased through two transactions. Police have released an image of a man they…
AN ALTERNATIVE weed killer will be trialled around Kingston playgrounds for the next 12 months. Mayor Cr David Eden said the existing weed-control product Round Up containing glyphosate is approved for use by the World Health Organisation, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority and WorkSafe but council is happy to trial other options due to community feedback. “Over the next 12 months council will be using herbicide Local Safe around our 114 playgrounds to see how it performs,” Cr Eden said. “While our current product is perfectly safe we are adopting a proactive approach in key areas around playgrounds…
A PATTERSON Lakes couple are on edge after thieves made desperate attempts to force open their front door on consecutive nights, about 7pm, Thursday and Friday 28 and 29 June. Police were told the two men continually banged and kicked the sturdy front door in Salmon Bay without success. They tried to wrench the door handle, and made several attempts to open it via a keypad. Two expensive cars in the driveway may have been their targets. One man was heard to say, “Keep on looking; keep on looking”. Police said they may have approached the property from the rear…
A FRANKSTON man was arrested last week over a string of alleged armed robberies at supermarkets, cafes and small businesses in which staff were allegedly threatened with a knife and a crowbar and cash registers thrown to the floor. The 29-year-old allegedly ran from police when they raided a house in Tamarisk Drive, Frankston North, Sunday 25 June, and was chased over back fences for about a kilometre before being apprehended. The man was taken back to Frankston police station and interviewed over the robberies in Dandenong South, Braeside, Carrum Downs, Frankston and Baxter in the past month. He faced…