A LAUNCHING Place man will face court this week after being arrested by Yarra Ranges police officers last week.
The 23-year-old man was arrested and remanded in custody last week, in regards to a theft from a motor vehicle in Mooroolbark and deception matters at Westfield Knox Shopping Centre.
The man will face court on Tuesday 11 August.
Dealer cars vandalised
A DRIVE-by shooting of a different kind has police on the hunt for a ute-driver, who damaged several cars last week with a nail gun.
Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Pat Barrow said that between 2.50pm and 3pm on Wednesday, 5 August, a white ute with a single cab drove past Nissan and Toyota dealerships on Maroondah Highway, Lilydale.
Det Sgt Barrow said that a nail gun was then fired out of the car, damaging several of the cars in the car yards.
Anyone with information, or who may have seen the incident take place, is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to file a confidential crime report to www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
Assault probe continues
POLICE are still investigating the circumstances of an assault last week, which left a Boronia man in hospital after he was hit with a tomahawk.
Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Pat Barrow said that between 11.10pm and 11.30pm on Sunday 2 August, four men got involved in an altercation with the occupants of a Cave Hill Road, Lilydale property.
“(The altercation) was inside a residence and spilled out into the driveway area,” Det Sgt Barrow said.
A Victoria Police spokesperson told the Mail that a 30-year-old Boronia man was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, after he was hit in the back with a tomahawk.
Police were at the scene of the alleged assault into the afternoon of the following day.
Det Sgt Barrow said a dark-coloured tradesman-type ute with chrome bars in the back was seen at the scene, and asked anyone who may have witnessed the incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to file a confidential crime report to www.crimestoppersvic.com.au
