LITTLE girls often want to grow up to be just like “mum”, and Langwarrin nurse Emily McCulloch has done just that – completing her graduate year at Peninsula Health almost 30 years after her mother. Mrs McCulloch, who graduated in 1988 and is now an associate nurse unit manager and lactation consultant in the women’s health unit at Frankston Hospital, said she had never pushed her daughter to pursue a career in nursing, but did advise her of the rewards. “I advised Emily that pursuing nursing had to be her choice, but also that it’s a very rewarding profession where you…
Author: Bayside News
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for witnesses following three burglaries on a Frankston hairdressing salon in one night. The incidents happened at the Kareela Road hair salon on Monday 27 February between the hours of 2.40 – 7.30am. Investigators believe the first burglary took place at 2.40am when two men broke a large front window to gain access into the salon. Once inside the premises the men removed a computer and a television, leaving through the smashed window. About three hours later a second burglary took place, when a man stepped through the damaged window and had a walk…
A COUPLE found sitting in a car in the Waterways estate allegedly had stolen goods, drugs, knives and a home-made shotgun in their possession, 4.47am, Wednesday 1 March. The Mordialloc divisional van was called to Portland Place when four people were seen getting out a Mitsubishi Lancer, changing their clothes, and looking into parked cars. Police arrived to find the car with a towel covering the front number plate and the rear number plate missing. It was later found in the boot. A man and woman in the car “had no real reason for being there”, police said later. The…
A BAY Trail cyclist was punched in the face by a jogger after they almost ran into each other, 1.25pm, Sunday 5 March. The victim said he was riding south on the Beach Rd track near Herbert St, Parkdale, when a runner approached on his side of the path. He told the man to keep left. The runner called for him to stop, then punched him in the face causing two cuts, swelling and bleeding. The attacker, who continued running north, is described as 40-50, tall, fit looking, tanned, possibly red hair, wearing a cap, white shirt and shorts. The…
AN Aspendale Gardens man refused entry to a Braeside brothel because he was intoxicated became angry and allegedly reversed into a concrete pot plant before cutting the party lights out front, 11pm, Friday 3 March. The man then drove off, clipping another car and activating speed and red lights cameras on Wells Rd. The man then allegedly dumped his car nearby and reported it stolen via 000. While police were investigating the “theft” they found CCTV footage showing the man driving the reported “stolen” car, as well as footage of him outside the brothel. The man was arrested for criminal…