A BOY and girl aged 14 were arrested in Frankston North last week on car theft charges. Sergeant Duncan McGorrery, of the Shadow Taskforce, praised an observant neighbour who alerted police to two cars – a Mitsubishi Outlander and a Mazda 2 – parked around the corner from the children’s house, Thursday 3 November. In a boon to police, the neighbour was also able to name the Caucasian offenders and point out where they lived. Sgt McGorrery visited the house which he said was occupied by about 10 teens of similar ages and a single mother. He arrested the pair…
Author: Bayside News
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…
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…