Police Beat with Tom Hayes
Youth offenders charged
TRARALGON Police wish to say a massive thank-you to the community for their assistance in identifying the offenders wanted for damage to multiple police vehicles.
Two male offenders, aged 14 and 15, both from Traralgon, were charged with multiple offences, including criminal damage and unlicensed driving.
The charges came following an incident on Sunday, April 6 when the two youths are alleged to have used their e-bikes to cause significant damage to three police vehicles.
Both e-bikes were seized as evidence. The offenders have been bailed to attend court at a later date.
This comes as a timely reminder that police and the community will not tolerate antisocial behaviour when riding bikes, e-bikes, and e-scooters.
Any person found riding a modified e-bike or e-scooter may be changed with unlicensed driving and have their bike/scooter impounded.
Abide by the road rules, wear your helmet, ride safely in the bike lane, shared path, or to the left side of the road.
If you would like more information surrounding the legal requirements of riding an e-bike or e-scooter, call the Traralgon Police Station on 5172 2700, or visit: police.vic.gov.au
San Remo tragedy
POLICE began preparing a report for the Coroner following the death of a woman in Sam Remo on Friday, April 18.
Emergency services were called to a beach off Punchbowl Road at about 8.30am, after reports two Chinese women and a Chinese man had been washed off the rocks and were in the water.
One of the women managed to make her way back to shore, but the other woman and the man were unable to do so.
A search of the water was conducted, with the Air Wing locating an unresponsive woman in the water. She was brought back to shore but could not be revived.
As of Monday, April 21, police called off the search for the missing 41-year-old man, who was believed to have been swept into the ocean. He is believed to be the husband of the woman who drowned.
