- Published:
- Thursday 30 April 2026 at 6:54 pm
Police have charged a man following an alleged assault at a pharmacy in St Kilda on Tuesday 28 April.
It is understood a man entered a business on Fitzroy Street about 12pm.
Police will allege the 39-year-old man approached a 65-year-old man inside the business and assaulted him before fleeing the scene.
Last night, the Tarneit man was arrested at a licensed venue in Werribee.
He has since been charged with:
- Intentionally cause injury
- Attempted theft
- Wilful damage
- Commit indictable offence on bail
- Possess drug of dependence
- Armed with criminal intent
- Possess dangerous article
- Offensive behaviour.
The man was taken to hospital under police guard, where he was charged and remanded.
He will appear before Wyndham Magistrates’ Court on 1 May.
Katherine McLeod
Media Unit
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