Home » Police arrest four in street sweep

Police arrest four in street sweep

02/05/2008

FOUR people have been arrested during a Casey Response Unit (CRU) operation.
Police targeted anti-social behaviour in the Berwick and Narre Warren area during Operation Stane last weekend.
A 46-year-old Pakenham woman and 36-year-old Northcote woman were arrested and charged with several offences including attempted theft of number plates and tampering with a motor car.
They are set to appear before the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 27 June.
Police also arrested and charged two Berwick men, aged 24 and 23, with being drunk in a public place.
The 24-year-old is also charged with resisting arrest and the 23-year-old will answer a charge a possessing a controlled weapon.
Both men will appear in the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 28 June.
Narre Warren Acting Sergeant Justin Cornford said the CRU would continue Operation Stane over the coming weekends.

Digital Editions

Homelessness crisis deepens in Victoria as social housing funding declines

Newly released figures have revealed that more Victorians are being turned away from homelessness services as social housing spending is cut by 9 per cent.…

More News

New MCH room opens at Orana Community Place

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 531695 A new Maternal and Child Health (MCH) consult room has opened at Orana Community Place in Clyde North, expanding access to early-years health…
Gestational diabetes hotspots expand across Casey and Dandenong

Gestational diabetes hotspots have expanded across the City of Casey and into Greater Dandenong over successive reporting periods, according to Monash University research. New data shows high-rate areas moving north…
Two men arrested after Wallace Road assault

Two men have been arrested following an assault in Cranbourne on the morning of Friday 6 February. Officers responded to reports of three men involved in a physical altercation on…
Councillor withdraws legal case against CEO

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 442319 A legal case by a City of Greater Dandenong councillor against the council’s CEO has been dropped just two days before the hearing,…
Casey residents surveyed to guide community wellness

Some Casey locals might get their chance at providing critical feedback and insights and in turn, help the council shape the future of health and wellbeing in their area. Over…

Cracking start to the year

**There are different ways of breaking a cricket bat. TOORADIN star Cal O’Hare has done it twice the conventional way; basically being too good for his own good; breaking two…
Cricket, Cranny and Carlos

BLAIR: Well fellas, we’re back for Let’s Talk Sport and there’s no shortage of things to chat about. Cricket season is getting to the pointy end and we’ve had plenty…
Two-hour police pursuit ends in jail

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 481350 A Frankston serial car thief has been jailed for up to 26 months after a perilous, two-hour police pursuit across the South East.…
Empowering migrant water safety

Dr Harpreet Singh Kandra often recalls the story of his nearly fatal drowning when he was a boy. The community volunteer and academic at Federation University, remembers the moment he…
Vengeful tenant jailed after arson spree

An evicted tenant who inflicted a series of firebombing attacks against her ex-housemates and landlord has been jailed for at least four years. Tsai-Wei Hung, 33, pleaded guilty at the…