FIVE offenders forced their way in to the Coles supermarket in Patterson Lakes early Friday (4 November) and stole $17,500 cash and a quantity of cigarettes. CCTV footage shows the five men wearing hoodies, gloves and masks forcing open the front electronic door of the store in Gladesville Blvd, 2.18am, and using a metal bin to hold it open. While one man waited in the getaway car, two men used an angle grinder and a jemmy bar to break open a self-service register, stealing the cash, while the other two jemmied open cigarette drawers and used a plastic bin to…
Author: Bayside News
TWO 18-year-olds allegedly stole a $250,000 Bentley from a Doncaster house and drove it to Cheltenham before crashing into a brick fence in Cheltenham, 9.30am Sunday morning (6 November). The pair, of Pakenham, are alleged to have forced open a garage door to steal the 2007 model luxury sedan from The Boulevard before driving it 22km to its crash point on the corner of Chesterville Rd and Argus St. Police in an unmarked car followed them from a distance as they drove south along Nepean Hwy and were awaiting back-up from the Air Wing and ground units before intercepting them.…
POLICE have released CCTV and images following an armed robbery in Patterson Lakes, Thursday 3 November. Investigators have been told a man wearing a skeleton mask and armed with a scalpel-like knife entered the Thompson Rd service station, near McLeod Rd, about 5.20am, Thursday 3 November. Inside, the man demanded cash and cigarettes which he placed in a shopping bag before running west on Thompsons Rd. Media officer Senior Constable Alistair Parsons said no one was physically injured during the incident. Kingston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the robbery and have released images, above, and CCTV of a man…
A CAR enthusiast’s Ford XY GT sedan, a Nissan 350Z, as well as laptop computers, sound equipment and power tools valued at $80,000, were stolen from a Braeside factory, overnight Wednesday 2 November. Thieves cut a wire fence behind the engineering factory in Bell Grove and forced a door off its hinges with a jemmy and sledgehammer before searching through cupboards and drawers. The proprietor believes they may have used a tow truck or trailer to steal the 1970-72 yellow Ford XY – which was not driveable – as attempts had been made to start it. They were able to…
Re-emerging from a hiatus earlier this year with the catchy pop dittie ‘Are We Flirting’, Abbe May’s followup ‘Doomsday Clock’ unveils yet another side to her personality as she reveals yet another layer of her forthcoming album ‘Bitchcraft’ and a national tour this November/December. The song contrasts a joyous Gospel choir (Featuring May, Joni Hogan and Odette Mercy) with striking, ominous bells that ring throughout what could be May’s most immediate single yet. May suggests there is a chance for hope offered through acknowledgment of our inevitable demise. One of the earliest songs written for ‘Bitchcraft’, Doomsday Clock was developed…