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…
Author: Bayside News
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…
A BURNOUT has cost a Patterson Lakes man his Holden ute for a month after he was busted in Langwarrin last week. Somerville Highway Patrol members saw the thick blanket of tyre smoke on Centre Rd, 5pm, Saturday 16 July. The ute was clocked at 114kp/h in a 60kp/h zone. The 21-year-old was found to have a suspended probationary license, unregistered vehicle and bald rear tyres. His car was impounded at a cost of $1100. The man has been released pending summons. He is expected to be charged with conduct endangering life, manner dangerous, speeding, driving while suspended and driving…
TWO 17-year-olds walking along Ballarto Rd, Carrum Downs, 9pm, Monday 11 July, ran for it when they were menaced by a man who demanded their mobile phones. The teenagers were passing the McCormicks Rd shops when the man – in a black Subaru with four others inside – jumped out and demanded the phone. They refused and sprinted off – with the man in hot pursuit – and escaped by jumping a fence. The offenders face potential attempted robbery charges. They are described as Polynesian. The main offender is late teens-early 20s, 183cm, solid build, wearing a grey hoodie with…
DETECTIVES searched a Frankston house, Thursday 14 July, and found a fully functioning clandestine drug laboratory – as well as a .22 rifle. Detective Sergeant Paul Busuttil, of the Frankston Crime Investigation Unit, said police found sufficient quantities of methyl amphetamines to make “substantial amounts” of the drug ice. Two men were arrested. A 60-year-old, of Frankston, faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last week charged with possessing precursor chemicals, possessing materials to manufacture drugs, possessing and trafficking drugs and possessing an unregistered firearm. He was bailed to reappear at a committal mention on 4 November. The 40-year-old, of Avonsleigh, was bailed…