A CREDIT card from a stolen purse was used to buy items in Aspendale in March. Police Media’s Creina O’Grady said a woman noticed her purse was missing after getting off a train at Aspendale on Monday 27 March. Then, between 5.30-7pm, the credit card was used to buy cigarettes, food, alcohol and lottery tickets at seven businesses in and around the Aspendale area. Police have released CCTV footage and images of a woman they believe can assist with their inquiries. Anyone with information about this incident can provide information in confidence at crimestoppersvic.com.au online or by calling Crime Stoppers 1800 333…
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Police are appealing for a woman who may have been a witness to a sexual assault in Mentone earlier this year to come forward. It is believed a woman had been exercising on a beachside path, near the intersection of Charman and Beach roads, when she was approached by a man about 7.30pm on Tuesday, 7 March. As the woman walked towards the Bay Trail the man struck up a conversation with her and then sexually assaulted her before she managed to run off. Police have been told another woman had approached the victim shortly before the incident and expressed…
TERRIFIED Coles staff watched on as two men attempted to force their way through the front doors of the Patterson Lakes store, 4.50am, Tuesday 25 April. A staff member heard a noise at the front of the store, in Gladesville Blvd, and saw the men wearing balaclavas and fluoro vests using a jemmy bar on the door. He yelled at the men to go away but they moved on to a side door, trying to smash a hole so they could reach in and press the door-release button. Staff members ran to the back of the store and called 000.…
FOUR men wearing fluoro vests and using a concrete saw were disturbed while trying to cut open an ATM at an Aspendale Gardens shopping centre, 2.50am, Wednesday 26 April. The men, driving an $80,000 Holden HSV Club Sports sedan stolen in an aggravated burglary from a house in Berwick in February, forced open glass sliding doors to the shopping mall and began cutting into the ATM – but caused so much noise that neighbours called 000. Police investigating a nearby burglary arrived quickly and chased the men’s getaway car, causing it to smash into another vehicle and deploying its airbags.…
THIRTEEN years 9 and 10 students and two staff members from Kilbreda College, Mentone, were recently appointed Friends Igniting Reconciliation through Education (FIRE) carriers. The commissioning ceremony was led by Sherry Balcombe, of the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry of Victoria. The college and its community, which recognises that it is standing on the sacred land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation, acknowledged that the 15 FIRE carriers were responsible for educating themselves, their peers and the community to respect and celebrate indigenous culture. “As a school community, we have a responsibility to acknowledge the discrimination and injustice that has…