Arrest over 1984 kidnap
KNOX Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) detectives have arrested a man following an historical abduction and sexual assault.
A 16-year-old boy was allegedly abducted from the Heatherdale Railway Station between February and September in 1984.
A 60-year-old man was arrested on Friday in Ferntree Gully.
The Ferntree Gully man is expected to be charged on summons with kidnapping, false imprisonment, attempted rape and other related offences.
Holiday homes hit
OLINDA police are calling on residents to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour following burglaries at two holiday homes in the town over the past month.
Leading Senior Constable Tim Wall said police were investigating a burglary in the unoccupied house off Hacketts Road in Olinda.
He said it was believed that thieves entered the home by forcing entry at the rear basement door some time during October.
A whipper snipper and brush cutter was stolen worth $1200.
“We think that those involved may have been watching the house in the lead up to the burglary and driven past a number of times,” Ldg Sen Const Wall said.
Last week the Mail reported that police were unsure if any items were stolen from a house on the Mount Dandenong Tourist Road.
It is believed the house was broken into between 9am and 10.30am between 23 October and 26 October through the back door of the property, before drawers and cupboards were opened.
Ldg Sen Const Wall said it was important for residents to call Olinda police if they noticed any suspicious behaviour in the area.
Bed and breakfast arrest
A 23-YEAR-OLD Narre Warren woman will be charged with deception and other unrelated offences after staying at an Olinda B&B and leaving without paying as well as using a fake identity.
Olinda Leading Senior Constable Tim Wall said the woman had booked in and stayed a night at the B&B where she partied with a friend before leaving without paying on 25 October.
“It was clear that she had no intention to pay and we now know she was doing credit card deceptions in Narre Warren,” Ldg Sen Const Wall said.
“She was actually picked up on the same day by Narre Warren police who will also charge her with a number of offences.”
Ldg Sen Const Wall said this was a good time to remind business owners to ensure they checked the validity of phone numbers and asked for photo identification for guests staying overnight.
The woman will be charged on summons with a court date to be fixed.
