A “COWARDLY attack” on a Frankston man has appalled detectives. The 44-year-old was walking alone on Murawa St, Frankston, 7.15pm, Sunday 27 March, when he was knocked to the ground by a roundhouse punch and robbed of his wallet. He sustained a broken jaw and spent several days in Frankston Hospital receiving treatment. The offenders – described as “two young males” – ran away while their victim lay on the ground. They were seen earlier that day congregating with others on Frankston-Flinders Rd, near Towerhill Rd. Police are appealing for witnesses. They should call Leading Senior Constable Lauren McNiece, at…
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RESIDENTS and ratepayers are being urged to provide feedback on their preferred method of hard waste collection in the city. A poll is being conducted online and a paper ballot being held at the Frankston Council’s customer service centres. The mayor Cr James Dooley said the 2016-2017 draft budget had been amended to allow for a hard waste collection. The move follows an “overwhelming response” from the community. However, he said the method of collection was still to be determined. “Council has taken on board feedback that many community members want some sort of hard waste collection included in the…
PENINSULA Health’s adult mental health unit at Frankston Hospital is about to undergo $1.5 million upgrade. Named 2 West, the unit it was built in the early 1990s but has seen little in the way of capital improvements over the past 25 years. The physical environment has been described by clients and their families as “dismal and prison-like”. “The funding announced will provide an immediate improvement to the environment in our acute mental health unit and the safety of clients and staff,” Peninsula Health CEO Sue Williams said. “Our staff do a fantastic job caring for our mental health clients,…
Police are investigating following the discovery of a body at Mordialloc overnight. Police and emergency services responded to reports of a fire at a White Street residential complex about 12.50am. Fire crews arrived to find a second storey unit fully engulfed and worked to extinguish the fire. Once the fire was extinguished, firefighters located a body inside the unit and notified police. The cause of the fire is yet to be determined and an arson chemist will attend in the morning. The body is yet to be formally identified. While police were at the scene it’s alleged a man was…
A POLICE raid in Skye Rd, Frankston, yesterday, resulted in the seizure of 200 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $700,000-$1 million. Car loads of police descended on the property, between Dalpura Court and Onkara St, on Friday morning. Four Vietnamese nationals – one woman and three men aged 22-38 – were arrested and charged with cultivating and trafficking marijuana and theft of electricity. Sergeant Sam Booth, of Frankston police, said another 20 kilograms of marijuana was “cut up and ready to go”. “Community suspicions” alerted police to the presence of the crop, he said. A bypass switch…