A MORDIALLOC woman awoke to find a man standing in her lounge room in direct sight of her bed, 5.40am, Wednesday 14 December. The woman, 25, told Mordialloc police she heard her dogs barking and got up to investigate. Not seeing anything she brought the dogs inside and went back to bed. When the dogs started barking again she looked up to see the man staring at her. She screamed and the man ran off. The woman saw he had gone through her handbag stealing $70 and also rummaged through hallway drawers and a desk. The woman’s brother, who was…
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A PATTERSON Lakes man told police he was away from his house for only 10 minutes but, when he returned, saw a man poke his head out of his front door, 1.40pm, Wednesday 14 December. The man said he approached the intruder who apologised and said he “had the wrong house” before getting into a waiting car with two others inside. Police said the intruder may have entered the house by climbing a side fence and through an unlocked kitchen door. They said he may not have had time to steal anything. He is described as Caucasian, 25, 167cm, stocky…
VOLUNTEERS who selflessly help others each year were thanked at a Central Bayside Community Health Services party last week. The Christmas party, hosted at the Parkdale offices of CBCHS, saw volunteers sit down for a lunch served by the team from Cafe Escape. Cafe Escape in Carrier Ave, Parkdale provides hospitality training for people with intellectual disabilities. CBCHS relies on volunteers to provide health, wellbeing, aged care and disability services throughout Kingston and its surrounds. “Without the help of our volunteers, we would not be able to provide the support needed for many clients to attend our activities, outings and…
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie FRANKSTON Pines believes that it has secured its future after finally forming executive and general committees on the weekend. After weeks of uncertainty the Monterey Reserve outfit has accepted the overtures of Mauritian-born barrister and solicitor Daniel Plaiche, a director of Club M Australia, a sports club aiming to promote Mauritian soccer at the highest level here. Plaiche and others from the Mauritian expat community have joined recently relegated Pines and plan to bring Mauritian internationals to Australia with a view to getting the club back into State 1 South-East and eventually promoted to the NPL.…
A TEENAGER had just parked his car on Nepean Hwy, Frankston, and was walking away when another youth stopped him and demanded his keys, 4pm, Tuesday 6 December. Detective Leading Senior Constable Darren Paxton, of Frankston CIU, said the offender, possibly affected by alcohol, attempted to punch the victim to the head and made further demands for the keys in the confrontation on the footpath between Wells and Playne streets. He then chased the victim out onto Nepean Hwy where “it was a miracle he was not hit by a passing car”, Detective Paxton said. The offender, pictured, is described…