A FEMALE cyclist almost came off her bike when slapped on the buttock by a passenger in a passing car, noon, Wednesday 20 July. The Hampton woman was riding north along Nepean Hwy, Carrum, at about 35kph when she says she felt a hand slap her buttock. She looked up to see a maroon Holden utility with three people aboard driving past at about 40kph.The force of the slap “caused a sudden jolt and nearly threw her off the bike”, Chelsea police said later. The woman stopped and rang triple zero and gave a description of the ute and its…
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A SCHOOLGIRL waiting for a bus in Cheltenham was shocked when the person behind her splattered urine and faeces on her uniform, 4.20pm, Tuesday 19 July. The girl, 14, was standing in line in Charman Rd when a person “of transgender appearance” threw the waste at her without warning. The girl said her attacker looked “shocked” immediately afterwards and then ran off north towards the station. Nothing was said between them. The girl called her mother to report the incident and police were notified. The attacker is described as 165-170cm, wearing a brown wig with black headband, pink jumper, brown…
UP to 200 parcels were stolen from the Australia Post depot in Braeside, 5.54pm, Monday 11 July. Police said the offenders entered the Venture Way premises through unlocked sliding doors at the front which give customers easy access to their locked post office boxes. They prised open a delivery hatch and unscrewed the lock to an inner door giving them access to the entire post office warehouse. After going through offices they accessed an area behind the reception counter where parcels packed ready for collection are stored. The thieves used a trolley to steal the parcels and, in their haste,…
THE same two thieves are suspected of robbing a McDonald’s restaurant in Moorabbin and a Red Rooster in Springvale South, around 10pm, Monday 25 July. The men – of African appearance – wore t-shirts around their heads and boxer shorts on the outside of their pants in the raids which occurred 20 minutes apart. Police said the men walked in the restaurant’s Warrigal Rd entrance and approached the counter. They produced knives and menaced staff, took cash from the till and ordered staff to the rear of the store. They then took the cash float from the drive-through and searched…
THE sacrifice and dedication of Chelsea men in World War I has been recognised in a new book and video by Longbeach Place president Julie Gross McAdam. The book and video, free to read and watch online, called Goodbye, Cobber: We Did Our Best details “the life and times of men from Chelsea and district who answered the call to Empire and volunteered to serve in the Australian Imperial Forces”. Dr Gross McAdam began the project, funded by the Victorian Veterans Council, to mark the Anzac centenary this year by interviewing Margaret Diggerson, a historian at the Chelsea and District…