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A 59-YEAR-OLD Healesville man will front court in October charged with 45 counts of theft and deception related to a Yarra Valley business.
Senior Detective Paul Edyvane from Lilydale Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) said the charges related to incidents that happened between February 2014 and March 2015.
The man has been summonsed to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 12 October 2015.
Power tools spirited away
POLICE are searching for thieves who took off with power tools last week, after forcing open a door at a Beresford Road business in Lilydale.
Lilydale Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Mark Smithwick said that at 2.50am on Wednesday 3 June, unknown people forced a door open at the business.
He said the door might have been forced by attaching a cable to a vehicle and the door and then driving away.
The thieves stole power tools from the business, and Det Sgt Smithwick said police had yet to estimate the total cost of the stolen items.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report at crimestoppersvic.com.au.
Horse rugs theft spree
HORSE-LOVING thieves are being sought by police, after horse rugs were stolen from properties in the Yarra Ranges and surrounds.
Lilydale Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Mark Smithwick said that properties in Wonga Park, Kilsyth and Bayswater had reported thefts of horse rugs overnight on 2 June.
Anyone who may have also had rugs or horse equipment stolen, or who has information on the other thefts, is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report at crimestoppersvic.com.au.
Burglary, theft charges laid
A WOMAN will face court later in the year after being charged for burglary and theft from a Kilsyth property earlier in the year.
Lilydale Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Mark Smithwick said the 35-year-old woman, from no fixed place of abode, was charged for a burglary and theft that occurred at an unoccupied house on Pleasant Street, Kilsyth, on 17 January.
The woman has been bailed to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 8 October.
Haul of stolen power tools
TWO CRANBOURNE residents have been arrested and charged after a search warrant found over $100,000 in power tools stolen from around the Mooroolbark area.
A 25-year-old Cranbourne woman and a 34-year-old Cranbourne man were arrested on 29 May, after police executed a search warrant three days prior, in relation to a number of power tool thefts.
Lilydale Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Mark Smithwick said that over $100,000 worth of stolen property had been located, which had been stolen from building sites, as well as masses of copper wire.
The thefts relate to burglaries in the Mooroolbark area, and the pair were charged with burglary and theft, and bailed to front the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 6 October.
Anyone who has had power tools stolen is asked to contact Lilydale police on 9739 2300 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au.
Chopper tracks down stolen car
A POLICE operation involving an Airwing helicopter tracked down a car stolen from Lilydale – and the thief that took it – to a Badger Creek property last week.
Healesville police Leading Senior Constable Cliff Argus told the Mail that the car was stolen from Plumbtech in Lilydale on Wednesday 3 June.
The car, however, was fitted with a GPS tracking device, and police were able to track the location of the car with a staff member at the business who relayed information from the tracking system.
“We followed the location given by a staff member, and eventually the vehicle was said to be in the Badger Creek area,” Leading Sen Const Argus said.
Police Airwing found the car in Wallaby Way in Badger Creek, as well as a suspect walking along Koala Avenue – he was then arrested in the rear of a private address in Bluegum Drive at 4.20pm.
The 22-year-old Hallam man was charged with theft of a car and remanded in custody to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court.
