Bendigo Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following multiple unprovoked robberies and assaults in the Bendigo area.
Between 29 January and 1 February, police will allege the 36-year-old man:
- assaulted a 60-year-old man inside a licensed venue on High Street in Kangaroo Flat
- made demands for cash and threatened a 67-year-old man while he was at an ATM on High Street in Kangaroo Flat
- assaulted and stole a necklace from a 32-year-old man inside a service station on High Street in Golden Square, before making demands for his vehicle
- assaulted and stole the wallet of a 76-year-old man while he was walking along Hargreaves Street in Bendigo, and
- assaulted a 66-year-old man in Junortoun.
Detectives arrested the man on Sunday following reports of an assault in Junortoun.
The 36-year-old Junortoun man has been charged with (2x) common law assault, theft of motor vehicle, (5x) theft, attempt obtain property by deception, obtain property by deception, attempt robbery, threat to inflict serious injury, robbery, criminal damage, possess methylamphetamine, robbery, intentionally cause injury, threat to inflict serious injury and unlawful assault.
He was remanded to appear before Ballarat Magistrates' Court on Thursday 5 February.
