TWO men wearing balaclavas smashed their way into a Caltex service station in Thames Promenade, Chelsea, 4am, Tuesday (25 October). Police said the men, described as African, driving a silver Holden Commodore sedan with stolen number plates, used a crowbar to smash open the front door and then walked past the attendant who was cleaning at the time. The men ordered him to open the console area where they stole cigarettes and cash before being startled by a taxi driving into the petrol bowser area. The men ran to their car and drove west along Thames Promenade to the freeway.…
Author: Bayside News
TOP dance classes are coming to Aspendale Gardens this week with The Australian Ballet hosting four dance and movement workshops for preschoolers at the Aspendale Gardens Community Service hub. The workshops, made possible thanks to a children’s week grant from Kingston Council, will give pre-schoolers aged 3-5 a taste of the joys of dance. Australian Ballet senior education manager Katy McKeown said the Dancing Story workshops are a relatively new concept building on the classical ballet company’s previous experience in teaching ballet. “We strongly believe in providing a variety of education programs which offer fun practical experiences that encourage development…
AN elderly man has been banned from the Royal Oak hotel in Cheltenham for allegedly punching an 80-year-old woman. He may also be charged with assault. The woman told police she was walking to the cashier’s desk, 1.20pm, Sunday 23 October, when a man standing behind her fell over. He got up saying she had caused him to fall and allegedly punched her in the kidney. The woman told her son, who held the man, 74, until police arrived. Police who viewed CCTV footage said it corroborated the woman’s account of the incident. A brief is being prepared pending the…
A MAN attempted a smash-and-grab raid at a jewellers in Nepean Hwy, Chelsea, Saturday afternoon (22 October). Witnesses said a red Toyota, later found to be registered to a Carrum address, pulled up outside the jewellers about 1pm. A man got out of the passenger side and attempted to smash the front plate glass window with a sledgehammer. When that didn’t work he got back into the car which drove north on Nepean Hwy. CCTV captured the incident. The two men described as Caucasian, aged 25-35, were seen loitering near the jewellers earlier in the day. Anyone with information is…
THIEVES stole $20,000 in cigarettes and $300 cash from a Caltex service station in Balcombe Rd, Mentone, early Saturday morning (22 October). Two offenders used an angle grinder to cut a padlock on the front glass door, 2.45am, but were scared away by a passing car. Returning five minutes later they damaged an exterior alarm box when attempting to pull it from the roof. They then used a jemmy bar to force the door backwards to enter the premises. CCTV footage shows them jumping over the counter and again using the angle grinder to break a padlock from the cigarette…