INTRUDERS ransacked every room of an Aspendale Gardens house and made off with items including a mobile phone and heirloom jewellery on Thursday 22 June. The Nurten Parade homeowner’s children arrived home at about 3.30pm to find the front door kicked in and the lock broken. There was evidence that every room had been searched and every drawer and cupboard rifled. A neighbour told police that a maroon-coloured Holden sedan had been seen in the street for up to three hours with a driver wearing a hi-vis vest. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333…
Author: Bayside News
HIT-RUN burglars drove a stolen Audi into the roller doors of a wholesale bike store in Industrial Drive, Braeside, before making off with a valuable haul of sports merchandise at 5.30am on Saturday 24 June. CCTV footage showed the light-coloured Audi in the car park on the corner of Baxter Drive before it was reversed at speed into the double doors, buckling them at the edges. Two men jumped out and squeezed inside, ransacking drawers and display cabinets and stealing watches, bike accessories, clothing, helmets and glasses in a four-minute snatch and grab. They drove off in the car, which…
FOUR teenagers who allegedly stole a car at Parkdale early Monday 26 June and took it on a joy ride as far as Carrum were brought to a halt when police placed road spikes on Charman Rd, Cheltenham. Hitting the spikes at 2.30am the inexperienced driver lost control and slammed the car into a fence before the boys jumped out and allegedly tried to flee. The Victoria Police Air Wing helicopter had followed the Toyota Corolla from Carrum after being alerted by a divisional van crew. It followed the car as it drove erratically down side streets, eventually heading north…
A CHELSEA aged care home is a flurry of pom-pom making activity as residents and friends attempt to set a new Guinness world record. They aim to make 7777 pom-poms, string them together into a garland and break the record set by the Australian Country Spinners of Wangaratta. The record was set in August 2013 when participants laid out 6977 woollen handmade pom-poms, which stretched 178.6 metres (585.9 feet). “We chose this activity and record to break because pom-pom making is something that all residents can participate in,” Argyle Court residential manager Katy Cavanagh said. “We wanted a project that…
Police are investigating a stabbing in Frankston this morning which left a man with serious injuries. Investigators have been told the man was walking west on Cranbourne Road when he was involved in an altercation with an unknown male about 7.15am. The man, believed to be in his 30s, sustained stab wounds to his body during the altercation. He was conveyed by ambulance to hospital in a serious condition. At this stage no arrests have been made and members have set up a crime scene on Cranbourne Road between Coprosma Avenue and Lindrum Road, Frankston as they continue to investigate.…