Briefly
A 59-YEAR-OLD Healesville man will front court in October charged with 45 counts of theft and deception related to a Yarra Valley business.
Senior Detective Paul Edyvane from Lilydale Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) said the charges relate to incidents that happened between February last year and March this year.
The man has been summonsed to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 12 October.
Tracked down
A POLICE operation involving an Airwing helicopter tracked down a car stolen from Lilydale – and the thief that took it – at a Badger Creek property last week.
Healesville police Leading Senior Constable Cliff Argus told the Mail that a car was stolen from Plumbtech in Lilydale on Wednesday 3 June.
The car, however, was fitted with a GPS tracking device, and police were able to track the location of the car with a staff member at the business who relayed information from the tracking system.
“We followed the location given by a staff member, and eventually the vehicle was said to be in the Badger Creek area,” Leading Sen Const Argus said.
The Police Airwing found the car in Wallaby Way in Badger Creek, as well as a suspect walking along Koala Avenue – he was then arrested in the rear of a private address in Bluegum Drive at 4.20pm.
The 22-year-old Hallam man was charged with theft of a car and remanded in custody to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court.
Attempted theft
POLICE are calling for information, after unknown people attempted to steal a car from St Leonards Road in Healesville earlier this month.
Police believe that, between 3pm on 30 May and 9am on 2 June, unknown offenders broke into the car on St Leonards Road and attempted to steal the car.
The car, a red Mitsubishi Magna, was opened, but the thieves left empty-handed when they failed to start the car.
Healesville police Sergeant Stewart Thomson said the ignition barrel of the car was damaged from trying to start the car, and no signs of forced entry to the car were found.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au
Smash and run
A HAMMER-happy offender is being hunted by police, after the window to Healesville’s mower shop was smashed at the end of last month.
Healesville police Sergeant Stewart Thomson said that between 6pm on 29 May and 8am the next day, a window at Healesville’s mower shop on the Maroondah Highway was broken.
Police believe the unknown person used a hammer to smash the window, and nothing was stolen from the premises.
Anyone with information is asked call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au
Two charged
TWO LILYDALE teenagers will face court later in the year after being charged in relation to Lilydale thefts late last month.
Police interviewed and charged two Lilydale men, a 19-year-old and an 18-year-old, in relation to a theft from a motor car in Lilydale overnight on 23 May.
The men were also charged in relation to a deception matter the same night, and interviewed for the theft of a ladies’ handbag on an Invicta bus on 22 May in Lilydale.
Lilydale Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Mark Smithwick said the men were charged with theft from motor car, obtaining property by deception and theft, and were bailed to appear at Ringwood Magistrates Court on 12 October.
Power raid
POLICE are searching for thieves who took off with power tools last week, after forcing open a door at a Beresford Road business in Lilydale.
Lilydale Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Mark Smithwick said that at 2.50am on Wednesday 3 June, unknown people forced a door open at the business.
He said the door may have been forced by attaching a cable from a vehicle to the door and then driving away.
The thieves stole power tools from the business, and Det Sgt Smithwick said police had yet to estimate the total cost of the stolen items.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report at crimestoppersvic.com.au
