THIEVES smashed the front window of a massage studio in Edithvale early Monday morning and stole cash and a stereo system valued at $1450. Police said CCTV footage captured the moment three offenders smashed the front glass door and reached in and unsnibbed the lock, 3.40am. Two of the men kicked in the door to the manager’s office and found $450 cash on the floor. Soon after, the third man entered and assisted in removing the $1000 stereo from under the reception desk. The Caucasian men in their early-to-mid-20s were wearing hoodies, baseball caps and gloves. One, of medium build,…
Author: Bayside News
AN off-duty policeman was pushed into a swimming pool during a heated confrontation with a man, 4pm, Monday 6 February. The incident occurred at the Waves Leisure Centre, Cheltenham, and both men had children with them. The policeman said the man, 41, of Cheltenham, had earlier recognised him from a previous traffic matter, and, as they walked along the pool edge the man had allegedly sworn at him and called him names. As they neared the end of the pool the man allegedly pushed the policeman into the water, damaging his mobile phone. A witness backed up the policeman’s account.…
TWO Carrum liquor store assistants were assaulted by two thieves who ran off with six-packs of spirits, Friday 3 February. The assistants were behind the counter of the Station St store when two tall men entered and asked for slabs of beer, 6.40pm. The first man ignored the assistant’s request for ID and opened the fridge, taking out a six pack of Jim Beam and handing it to his accomplice. When the assistant took the cans back, the first thief grabbed two more six packs and ran off through the store’s drive-through, with the other offender close behind. The assistants…
THE race is on. Federal Isaacs Labor MP Mark Dreyfus will go head to head with Carrum Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny MP for the second year running in the 6km Carrum Coast Guard Around the River Fun Run on Sunday 26 February. “I just pipped Sonya at the post in the 2016 Carrum Coast Guard Fun Run, so I’ll have to train hard to go back to back in 2017,” Mr Dreyfus said. “Win, lose or draw, I’ll just be happy to help raise some funds for the Carrum Coast Guard,” Mr Dreyfus said. Ms Kilkenny will be aiming to…
AN antiques fair will be held at Monash University’s Frankston campus to raise money to support Life-Gate, a charity that helps disadvantaged, marginalised and disengaged youth. Pastor Ulli Roldan and Reverend Angel Roldan, wife and husband co-founders of Life-Gate, were named Citizens of the Year by Frankston Council for 2017 in recognition of their hard work and commitment to the disadvantaged in Frankston and the surrounding areas. There will be 45 stallholders, all undercover, selling a vast range of antiques and collectables including china, glass, pottery, jewellery, books, dolls, bric a brac and more. The second annual Life-Gate antiques fair…