The fire brigade are currently at the scene of a car fire on Nepean Highway, near Craigie Road. Units from Mornington and Mt Martha are in attendance. It is not known if there are any injuries. Pictures: Sherri Sibio
Author: Cameron McCullough
Emergency services are currently on the scene of a large house fire on Nepean Highway in Mornington. The house is situated near McDonalds and directly across the road from the Mornington fire station. The house was fully ablaze and has been completely destroyed. Units were called from Mount Martha, Moorooduc and Frankston to assist. Breathing apparatus equipment has been requested from Frankston and a request for units from Hallam has been made. It is believed these may be hazmat units. Ambulance services are in attendance and appear to be treating a couple of men on the scene. It is not…
Somerville Highway Patrol officers nabbed a driver speeding at more than 75km over the speed limit in Frankston last night (1 August). Police clocked the Ford Territory allegedly travelling at 175kmp/h in a 100km zone on the Peninsula Link near the intersection of Frankston-Dandenong Road just after 8.30pm. The vehicle exited Peninsula Link on Thames Promenade and police located the vehicle on the side of the road with what appeared to be a blown engine. The driver, a 39-year-old Carrum Downs man has been charged with reckless conduct endangering life, reckless conduct endangering serious injury, manner dangerous, speed dangerous and…
Police responded to an incident at a holiday park in Dromana last night. Emergency services were initially called to the Nepean Highway, near Kangerong Avenue, following reports that a gunshot was heard about 8.10pm. Local police, with the assistance of the Dog Squad and Critical Incident Response Team, set up a cordon at the holiday park about 9.30pm. A 51-year-old man was taken into custody without incident about 11.25pm. It has since been established that an alleged altercation occurred between the man and another male earlier in the night. That male was arrested for being drunk at the same location…
Police have arrested a man following a robbery and an assault in Hastings earlier this morning. The incident took place on High Street just after 2am on Saturday 30 June. The victim, a 40-year-old Hastings man, told police that he was on his daughter’s scooter when he saw another man walking towards him. As the man walked past the victim, he allegedly struck the victim to the back of his head knocking him off the scooter. The man grabbed the scooter and using it as a weapon, allegedly struck the victim on his elbow and foot. The man then ran…
Police are currently on scene of a fatal car crash that has claimed the life of a man at Merricks North this evening. It is believed a vehicle was travelling south along Tubbarubba Road near Balnarring Road about 5.45pm. Police have been told the vehicle lost control and left the road before crashing into a tree. The male driver, who is yet to be formally identified, died at the scene. Anyone who witnessed the crash is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a fourth person relating to the death of a man located in Tyabb on 22 October 2017. A 46-year-old Elwood woman has today been charged with murder and false imprisonment. She has been remanded to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court tomorrow. Homicide Squad detectives previously charged a 52-year-old Crib Point man, a 34-year-old Hastings man and a 36-year-old Hastings woman with murder and false imprisonment.
IT is with great sadness that we announce we have lost our colleague, Andrew Kelly, to cancer. Andrew wrote sport for Mornington Peninsula News Group since 2012, but had been a fixture of local football for decades. He called football for RPPFM, and was widely known as the ‘voice’ of footy on the peninsula. Andrew was diagnosed with cancer early this year, and died on Saturday morning, 5 May. Andrew’s family put out the following statement: “Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who messaged Toe Punt to support, encourage and send best wishes over the course…
Police are today continuing the search for missing 23-year-old camper Sebastian Orefors. Sebastian was camping with friends in Wonyip and was last seen on Friday night about 7.30pm walking south along an unamed track off Randalls Track. Police have concerns for the Mount Martha man given the time he has been missing. Local police along with Search and Rescue and SES searched the Wonyip area yesterday but were unable to locate Sebastian. The search is contionuing today. Sebastian is described as 178cm tall and a medium build with a fair completion and nose ring. He was last seen wearing black…
A fourth person has been charged following the fatal shooting of a man in Rosebud last year. Detectives from the Homicide Squad yesterday arrested and charged a 46-year-old Rosebud man with one count of murder. He will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today. On Tuesday a 25-year-old-man and a 31-year-old woman were arrested in Smithfield, New South Wales in relation to the matter. The man has been charged with murder while the woman has been charged with being an accessory to murder. They were subsequently extradited to Victoria and remanded in custody to appear in court at a later date.…
A man and woman were arrested last night over the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man in Rosebud last year. The shooting allegedly occurred on Eastbourne Road on 3 September, 2017. A Mount Waverley man was found in the passenger seat of a vehicle with a gun-shot wound to his head about 8pm. He was taken to hospital but died the following night. A 25-year-old-man and a 31-year-old woman were arrested in Smithfield, New South Wales about 7.15pm last night. The man has been charged with murder while the woman has been charged with being an accessory to murder. An…
The Mornington Peninsula has suffered a deluge of rain and damaging winds today as a cold front moved across Victoria. A deep low pressure system will move to the south of Tasmania and direct a series of active cold fronts across Victoria over the next few days. The strongest of these cold fronts will continue to affect the peninsula and other areas during the afternoon. Damaging winds are set to continue during the afternoon and thunderstorms are possible during the day and could produce damaging wind gusts above 90 km/h. The Bureau of Meteorology’s radar loop shows very heavy rain…
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 15-year-old Briley Dickson. Briley was last seen on 4 April in the Frankston area. Police have concerns for his welfare due to his age and the length of time he has been missing. Briley is 170cm tall with a thin build, fair complexion and dark brown hair. Briley is known to frequent the Hastings and Clarinda areas. Police have also released an image of Briley in the hope someone recognises him and can provide information regarding his current whereabouts. Anyone with information about Briley is asked to contact Mornington Police…
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing teenager Matthew Vlahos. The 14-year-old boy was last seen at Spencer Street, Docklands on 10 March. Police and family members hold concerns for Matthew’s welfare due to his age. Matthew is described as about 178cm tall with a slim build, blue/green eyes and brown wavy hair with a long fringe. He has a lip piercing on the left-hand side of his lip. He is believed to frequent the Frankston CBD and railway station. Police have released an image of Matthew in the hope someone recognises him and can provide information…
Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police have executed warrants at 20 properties across Victoria as part of a state-wide operation targeting those accessing online child abuse materials. Twenty people were arrested as a result of those warrants. Operation P2P was designed to identify and apprehend people involved in accessing, downloading and distributing child abuse material via Peer to Peer (P2P) networks on the world wide web. Police also conducted checks to see if any children were at risk or identified as victims of sexual abuse due to their connection with those arrested or the properties raided during the operation.…
Change is in the air again for the Mornington Peninsula, with another town being granted the right to a name change. After a successful campaign to change its name from Rosebud West to Capel Sound in 2016 (“New name win, but don’t rush to change”, The News, 19 September 2016), other towns appear to want to jump onto the name change bandwagon. And it has taken a group of successful Rosebud businessmen to make it happen. “They say change is as good as a holiday” said Rosebud real estate agent Nathaniel Sminkins. “And boy, what a holiday Capel Sound have…
An elderly man has died in hospital following a collision in McCrae earlier this month. The 91-year-old McCrae man was struck by a turning vehicle in the car park of a Point Nepean Road shopping centre shortly before 9am on 16 March. He was taken to hospital, where he died last night. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. The driver, a 61-year-old Rosebud man, has assisted police with their enquiries. Somerville Highway Patrol members are investigating the collision and are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a…
Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit today charged a teenage girl following a fatal crash in Frankston last year. A 19-year-old Safety Beach woman was charged with culpable driving, dangerous driving causing death, drive in a manner dangerous, careless driving, drive whilst impaired by drug, disobey traffic control signal and possess drug of dependence. The charge follows a crash at the intersection of Cranbourne Road and Moorooduc Highway on 13 July, 2017. A Kia Rio sedan travelling east on Cranbourne Rd, 9.40pm, was crossing Moorooduc Highway when it ran head-on into a pole. Its passenger, a 16-year-old girl, of…
Police are investigating after their van was rammed by a vehicle in Hastings earlier this morning. Officers attempted to intercept a black Holden Commodore after it failed to obey a stop sign on Hodgins Road about 2.30am. The vehicle pulled over a short distance in front of police on Curacoa Drive, before reversing into the van and fleeing the scene. It then continued travelling along Curacoa Drive. No injuries were sustained by police officers. The car was later located abandoned on Ovens Court and no arrests have yet been made. Police are appealing for anyone with information or who witnessed…
A teenage girl has died in hospital following a crash in Carrum Downs on Friday. It is believed a car crashed into a stationary truck on Boundary Road just after 7.30am. The 19-year-old Clyde woman, who was a passenger in the car, was taken to hospital in a critical condition however died this morning. The 50-year-old male driver and a second 19-year-old female passenger, both from Clyde, were not injured. The truck driver, a 24-year-old Epping man, was also not injured. Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the crash. Anyone with information, who witnessed the crash or has dash…
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a 41-year-old woman following the death of a child in Tootgarook yesterday (8 March). Police attended an Alma Street address and located the eight-year-old boy’s body shortly after 1.30pm. A 41-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and has been charged with one count of murder. She appeared at an out of sessions court hearing last night and has been remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today (9 March).
North bound lanes of Peninsula Link were closed completely this afternoon after a serious accident. All of the city bound lanes were closed at Golf Links Road after the accident, which occurred near Cranbourne Road. Accounts received by The News have told that a surfboard came loose from a vehicle and fell into following traffic. In the melee that followed, the motorcyclist came off his bike, was pinned underneath, and was very seriously injured. Emergency services stabilised the man before he was airlifted.
UPDATE: Police have located the owner of a kayak who caught something bigger than expected last night. The man was fishing in his kayak off Balnarring on Saturday night when he hooked himself the big one – a shark. The shark, obviously unhappy to be caught, has caused the man to be tipped out of his kayak in its effort to get free. Luckily the man was able to signal to friends, who were fishing in a boat nearby, and rescued him from the water. He’s managed to get the kayak to shore and continued fishing with his mates. When…
THE referendum to decide for or against conscription was held throughout the Commonwealth on the 20th December, and the latest figures to hand show that the ‘No’s’ have a majority of 152,220 *** WITH the advent of hot weather there have been several fire alarms but no damage, so far, has resulted. On Monday evening a party of fire fighters who answered the call of the bell, were successful in subduing a fire at the back of the park which was raging uncomfortably near the homes of several people. It was not till after three hours strenuous efforts on the…
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Jessica Cantwell. The 23-year-old Mount Martha woman is wanted for failing to appear at court in relation to traffic offences. Cantwell is known to frequent the Langwarrin, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula areas. Investigators have released a photo of Cantwell in the hope that someone may have information on her current whereabouts. She is described as Caucasian in appearance and about 160cm tall with a solid build, green eyes and long brown hair. Anyone who sees Cantwell is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime…
Police are searching for a number of people following an aggravated burglary in Bittern this morning. It is believed three males attended a premises on Stony Point Road just after 3.30am and accessed a backyard in an attempt to gain entry to a shed. When confronted by the occupant, one of the men produced a firearm before the group fled. No shots were fired and no injuries reported. While en route, police observed a dark BMW believed to be carrying the same group. A short pursuit was initiated but soon terminated when police lost sight of the car. The vehicle…
The peninsula’s favourite sporting and events destination is ramping up for another stellar day trackside on Sunday 5 November when Ladbrokes Peninsula Cup Day takes centre stage following Victoria Derby Day. With more than 7,000 racegoers expected to enjoy the annual event, an exciting eight race card program highlighted by the $60,000 Ladbrokes Peninsula Cup (1600m) will accompany a huge array of food, fashion and entertainment. Popular peninsula local, model, radio host and reality TV sensation Alex Nation will add some glamour as the 2017 Face of Ladbrokes Peninsula Cup Day. Style, colour and fun will be in abundance at…
A 52-year-old Crib Point man, Brendan Mcdowall, and a 34-year-old Hastings man, Shane Heiberg, were both charged with murder and faced Melbourne Magistrates’ today. Neither man applied for bail and both were remanded until their next court appearance on 3 November. Homicide Squad detectives charged 36-year-old Natalie Dalton with murder on Thursday. She appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday 27 October today after being charged with murdering 39-year-old Jade Goodwin. She did not apply for bail and was scheduled to reappear for a committal mention on March 23. The latest two have been charged nearly a week after the…
Homicide Squad detectives have charged two men with murder after a male was located deceased in Tyabb on Sunday 22 October. A 52-year-old Crib Point man and a 34-year-old Hastings man have been assisting police with their enquires and were charged this morning. Both men will face the Melbourne Magistrates’ court later today. Homicide Squad detectives charged 36-year-old Natalie Dalton with murder on Thursday. She appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday 27 October today after being charged with murdering 39-year-old Jade Goodwin. She did not apply for bail and was scheduled to reappear for a committal mention on March…
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a 36-year-old woman with murder after a male was located deceased in Tyabb on Sunday 22 October. The woman will face an out of sessions hearing in Melbourne later this evening. Two other men; a 52-year-old man from Crib Point who was arrested this afternoon, a 34-year-old man from Hastings, who was arrested yesterday, are still in custody and are assisting police with their inquiries. The arrests follow the discovery of a body behind a building on the 11.7ha property on Dandenong-Hastings Road in Tyabb about 9pm on Sunday night. The body was buried in…