BELGRAVE police have arrested a 20-year-old Cockatoo man after numerous dangerous driving incidents were reported through the Dandenongs earlier this month.
At 6.40am on Sunday 1 February, a blue four-wheel drive was travelling north on Monbulk Road from Belgrave and overtook a car on a bend near Micawber Tavern.
A car coming the opposite way down the road swerved to avoid the overtaking car, but had its side smashed by the four wheel drive.
Belgrave police Sergeant, Craig West, said the side of the car was “slaughtered” by the side-swipe and the driver continued up the road without stopping.
Reports then came in over the morning of the same car driving erratically through Silvan and Macclesfield, and in one instance, a jogger was nearly run over by the car on Mountain Road in Cockatoo.
The car was discovered burnt out in Tonimbuk, near Gembrook, later in the day, and a 20-year-old Cockatoo man was arrested in relation to the offences.
Sgt West said that inquiries were still pending and no formal charges had been laid.
Anyone with information, or who may have witnessed the car driving erratically, is asked to contact Belgrave police on 9754 6677.
Driver, cyclist in fisticuffs
OLINDA police are searching for information after a driver and a cyclist got into a fight on Sunday afternoon in Ferny Creek.
Leading Senior Constable Andrew Allen said that at 5.15pm on Sunday 8 February, a cyclist and a driver of a ute – both of whom were men – had a confrontation at the intersection of Mount Dandenong Tourist and Sherbrook roads in Ferny Creek.
Leading Sen Const Allen said the dispute was around whether the cyclist was “holding up traffic” and the two got into a fight.
As a result, the cyclist sustained a neck injury.
Anyone with information is asked to call Leading Sen Const Allen at Olinda police on 9751 1241.
Money skimmed from accounts
MONBULK police are asking residents to be wary of ATM security after money was skimmed from bank accounts in Monbulk over the weekend.
Between 11.30pm on Friday 6 and 1am on Saturday 7 February, money was withdrawn from numerous bank accounts at an ATM on Main Road, Monbulk.
Monbulk police Senior Constable, Peter Edyvane, said it was believed the money was taken using a skimming device on the machine.
Sen Const Edyvane said police would like to hear from anyone who might have seen suspicious behaviour near any ATMs between those times.
He said people using ATMs needed to be security conscious, look out for abnormalities on machines and to keep the keypad covered when entering in their PIN.
Anyone with information on the money skimming is asked to contact Monbulk police station on 9756 6266.
Stolen shipping container recovered
A SHIPPING container stolen from a building site over Christmas has been recovered by police after it was sold on eBay to an unwitting Seville resident.
Police recovered the shipping container from a Seville property on Friday 6 February.
Monbulk police Senior Constable, Peter Edyvane, said the container was stolen from a Heidelberg building site over the Christmas period and sold through the online auction site, eBay.
He said the Seville resident purchased the container in good faith, and that police were investigating and attempting to track down the thief.
Sen Const Edyvane said people purchasing goods online must make sure they were getting the real deal.
“Anybody making those types of purchases needs to be 100 per cent sure of what they’re doing,” he said.
