SIX offenders are facing more than 60 charges of car theft and theft from cars in the Frankston, Carrum Downs, and Seaford areas over the past month. The three females and three males aged 16-26 are all known to each other. Some have been remanded and others released on bail. They will all appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on various dates. Detective Senior Constable Ryan Collins said nine cars were stolen by the group – and all had been unlocked with keys easily found. Stolen property included mobile phones and cash. He urged drivers to lock their cars and remove…
Author: Bayside News
WORKS have begun on the “missing piece” of the Bay Trail after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal endorsed Kingston Council’s plans for the project (‘Bay Trail gets VCAT go ahead’, The News 9/4/15). This will allow a 600 metre section at Mentone to complete the continuous bike path around Port Phillip Bay. The three-metre wide path next to Beach Road will run from Charman Rd to the Mentone Lifesaving Club. A reconfiguration of the Mundy St car park will allow the new path to link up with existing sections of the Bay Trail. Some vegetation along Beach Rd has…
By MELISSA WALTH MESSRS Brody and Mason will hold their usual monthly sale at Somerville on Wednesday next, for which they invite entries. *** Messrs Alex Scott and Co will hold their monthly sale at Tanti on Monday next, when they will offer for sale a good yarding of cattle, sheep and sundries. *** Mr S. S. Price, dentist of Melbourne, will visit Frankston for the convenience of patients on Sunday, June 13th, and may be seen at Garrood’s Prince of Wales Hotel. *** Mrs J. Reynolds, of Bay St Frankston has on view in the window a “towel tidy”…
A woman has died following a crash involving three cars in Pearcedale last evening. The collision happened at the intersection of Robinsons Road and the Western Port Highway just after 5pm. Police believe the 19-year-old Mt Eliza woman was travelling west on Robinsons Road when she entered the intersection and collided with a north bound Ford Ranger utility. The utility then collided with another vehicle that was in the intersection, attempting to turn left, onto the highway. The woman, who was the sole occupant in the car, was airlifted to The Alfred hospital but died on arrival. Four men in…
Police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly stole a puppy from a pet shop in Carrum Downs in April. Investigators have been told the man entered the store on Frankston-Dandenong Road around 4.30pm on Tuesday 14 April. The man waited for employees to be distracted and it is alleged he then used a screwdriver to damage the lock in order to gain access to the puppy pen. The man took the puppy placing it under his jacket and left the store. The puppy is described as being 11 weeks old at the time it was stolen, tan…