- Published:
- Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 2:06 am
Police have charged a man following a series of commercial burglaries in West Melbourne, involving more than $100,000 of items stolen, during February this year.
Public Order Response Team (PORT) officers, patrolling in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday, caught sight of a silver Subaru Outback alleged to be involved in the commercial burglaries.
The Subaru was followed, with the assistance of Airwing, to Nicholson Street in Fitzroy where PORT attempted to intercept the vehicle.
The Subaru allegedly slowed down but failed to come to a complete stop.
PORT boxed in the vehicle and swiftly arrested the alleged driver.
It’s alleged that the following items were located inside the Subaru:
• fake driving licences
• stolen identification and bank cards.
• a traffickable quantity of drugs
• items to make false documents
• multiple mobile phones
Investigators also allege that the driver of the vehicle was involved in a serious collision on Hopkins Street in Footscray about 3pm on 4 September 2024.
It is alleged that a stolen silver Audi failed to stop at a red light and collided with a pedestrian, who was trying to cross the road.
The pedestrian was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The driver of the Audi allegedly failed to stop and render any assistance, taking off from the scene.
A 42-year-old Footscray man faces more than 60 charges, including reckless conduct endangering life, recklessly cause serious injury, drive in a manner dangerous, theft of a motor vehicle, burglary, traffick heroin and methyl amphetamine and deal with proceeds of crime.
He was remanded to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on 16 May.
First Constable Paul Hogan
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