FRANKSTON police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a theft and subsequent deceptions which occurred in Skye and Carrum Downs earlier this month. Investigators have been told a credit card was stolen from a letterbox in Jurang Way, Skye on Wednesday 2 March. The card was then used at various stores in a shopping complex on Hall Rd, Carrum Downs to buy gift cards and toiletries. Investigators have made numerous of enquiries and have released images of a woman that may be able to assist with the investigation. Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333…
Author: Bayside News
CRIME in Frankston has bucked the rising statewide trend according to the latest figures released by the Crime Statistics Agency. While reported offences across Victoria in 2015 jumped by 8.1 per cent compared to 2014, crime in Frankston remained “stable”, in the CSA’s opinion, with a small 0.5 per cent rise between 2014 and 2015. Crimes against the person, including assault, rose slightly in the Frankston area from 1993 in 2014 to 2063 last year. There were four homicides in Frankston last year and three in 2014. There were 14,819 reported crimes in Frankston last year compared to 14,556 in…
A MOTORCYCLIST pulled up at an Operation Wasp roadblock at Peninsula Link Bungower Rd exit at 11.30pm Friday 11 March ran off while being questioned by police. The 28-year-old Frankston North man was caught after a short pursuit and remanded in custody to appear at Frankston Magistrates Court Monday 14 March. Police said the man has outstanding warrants and was wanted for several burglaries. Sergeant Steve Duffee of Mornington police said all Peninsula Link off ramps were blocked during Operation Wasp. “It is a road police operation where we set up off the exits on Friday at the start of…
THE new Frankston war memorial will be officially opened next month and the engraving of the names of 228 men and women who served in World War I, currently on the Frankston Avenue of Honour, is underway. The first stage of the project will be unveiled in a ceremony involving funding partners Frankston Council, the federal government, Frankston RSL and community members. “In addition to organisations and government departments partnering to make this happen, significant contributions towards the project have come from community fundraising efforts, driven largely by the Women for Frankston War Memorial,” Mayor Cr James Dooley said. “With…
A police car was rammed at about 7.45pm last night (Sunday 20 March) when officers attempted to intercept a Holden Commodore with a flat tyre in Plantation Ave, Frankston North. The car pulled over and the driver left the car in an aggressive manner and approached police. Police deployed OC spray due to the man’s threatening behaviour. He ran back to his vehicle and started to drive off. Police returned to their car and as they were doing so the Commodore executed a U-turn and drove at the police car. The police car was rammed a number of times and police…