Five people have been charged following alleged car thefts in Mount Dandenong yesterday morning.
A 23-year-old Dandenong man was charged with:
• Aggravated burglary;
• Theft;
• Theft of motor vehicle (x3);
• Possess firearm;
• Disqualified driver (x2); and
• Commit indictable offences whilst on bail.
He was remanded to appear at Dandenong Magistrates' Court today.
A 29-year-old Clayton man has been charged with:
• Aggravated burglary;
• Attempted robbery;
• Theft of Motor Vehicle (x 4);
• Theft (x 4);
• Obtain property by deception (x 4);
• Commit indictable offence whilst on bail X 10);
• Possess drug of dependence;
• Handle stolen goods; and
• Breach of intervention order
He was remanded and will appear at Melbourne Magistrate's court today.
A 22-year-old woman from Officer has been charged with:
• Aggravated burglary;
• Theft of motor vehicle (x 3);
• Careless driving
• Breach of bail;
• Theft (x5);
• Obtain property by deception (x3);
• Theft from motor vehicle (x 2)'
• Possess firearm;
• Possess ammunition;
• Possess cannabis;
• Possess heroin; and
• Commit indictable offences whilst on bail.
She was remanded to appear at Ringwood Magistrates' Court today.
A 17-year-old Pakenham girl was charged with theft of motor vehicle and obtain property by deception.
She will appear at a children's court at a later date.
The charges come after police allegedly observed a stolen black Mazda and silver Isuzu D-MAX parked on Observatory Road about 9.35am.
Officers arrested one male at the scene while a second male and two females allegedly fled on foot down a walking track.
The trio were arrested a short time later.
A third man, aged 34 from Dandenong, was arrested in Bayswater in relation to the incident.
He has been charged with:
• Theft of motor vehicle;
• Aggravated exposure to emergency services worker by driving;
• Possess drug of dependence;
• Reckless conduct endangering serious injury and
• Commit indictable offence whilst on bail.
He was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 16 September for committal mention hearing.
