Charges over cop car ram

POLICE arrested and charged a man who allegedly rammed a police car in Berwick, forcing an officer to draw his weapon and fire several shots into the vehicle.
Fugitive Taskforce and Southern Metropolitan Region Crime Team detectives arrested a 33-year-old Berwick man in a car park on Stud Road, Rowville, about 5.50pm on Friday 2 September.
They charged him with four counts each of unlicensed driving and motor car theft, three counts of theft, two counts each of reckless conduct endangering life and reckless conduct endangering serious injury, plus robbery, indictable police assault, failing to stop a vehicle on request and driving in a dangerous manner.
The charges followed a report to police of a stolen car in Elgin Street, Berwick, about 4.30pm on Thursday 1 September and a subsequent incident where a police car was allegedly rammed and an officer discharged a number of rounds from a police issue firearm.
The driver allegedly fled the scene and police engaged in a short pursuit.
The vehicle was later found dumped in Kelletts Road, Rowville, but the driver was gone.