KOROIT police arrested a 30-year-old Warrnambool man for outstanding court warrants after he was intercepted driving a vehicle away from a Koroit licensed premises on Friday evening.
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Sergeant Patrick Day said the man was driving without a licence and had two outstanding warrants for his arrest.
“He was bailed from the Koroit police station to appear at the Warrnambool magistrates court in September,” Sergeant Day said.
Police are also investigating an attempted burglary in Anne Street, Koroit.
Sergeant Day said on Friday, August 7 an unknown male wearing a black hooded jumper with a white symbol was disturbed by the home owner, at about 1.30pm.
“He was seen opening an unlocked garage door and ran off when challenged. He drove off in a blue VR or VS commodore sedan,” he said.
“Anyone who saw this person in the Koroit area is asked to make contact with the local police.”
A 17-year-old Koroit youth will be summonsed to the children’s court after losing control of a utility he was driving and spinning out at Kirkstall on Friday, August 7.
“He was driving without a qualified accompanying driver beside him and was very lucky not to seriously injure himself or someone else on the road,” Sergeant Day said.
A passing truck driver saw the youth lose control of the vehicle and made contact with the Koroit police.
“He skidded off the road and into a grassed verge flooded with water, this actually slowed him down before he hit anything,” Sergeant Day said.
“It is very disappointing and stupid behaviour.”
Sergeant Day also warned of various scam-type letters circulating in Koroit.
“I would ask that residents use commons sense and not get involved in these attempts of overseas confidence tricksters to steal your money,” he said.
“A very switched-on older resident dropped one off to me at the station recently that she received in the mail. (It said) she could be the last surviving descendant in an unclaimed $10 million trust in Belgium. She saw through it straight away but we have many vulnerable people in our community.”
Sergeant Day said the letters asked people to make contact with them and then deposit money into overseas accounts.
“Use common sense,” he said.
“If it’s too good to be true then it normally is. The consumer affairs web site has a section dedicated to scams and the Australian government run the ACORN (Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network) where you can report any type of online crime. People are also more than welcome to attend the station and seek advice from the Koroit police members.”
