A former Richmond footballer is behind bars amid allegations he was concerned in a violent automobile chase in Melbourne on Christmas Eve.
Daniel Connors appeared in court docket on Friday on a string of offences, together with medicine and firearms expenses, and the alleged theft of a motorcar police say was utilized in a violent crime the place pictures have been fired.
Connors, who performed for the Tigers between 2007 and 2012 earlier than being sacked for a well-documented sleeping capsule blunder after repeat behavioural warnings, didn’t apply for bail in court docket on Friday.
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He will possible now stay behind bars till his subsequent court docket look in March.
“The former footy star was arrested in Geelong yesterday (Thursday) by members of the SOG (Special Operations Group),” 7NEWS reporter Cassie Zervos revealed.
“Daniel Connors was one of three men wanted over a violent car chase on Christmas Eve where shots were fired from one car to another.
“Police from the Echo taskforce and the VIPER taskforce swooped on other men, arresting a 24-year-old man from Deer Park.”
Connors’ arrest was a part of a gang crime squad probe the place raids have been performed on addresses throughout the Melbourne metro space.
Police are alleging a stolen Toyota Rav4 was used to pursue a Volkswagen by way of plenty of Melbourne’s northern suburbs the place dashcam imaginative and prescient exhibits the car run a crimson gentle and cross onto the unsuitable facet of the street as a part of evasive measures.
“It appears an occupant of the Toyota fires several shots in the direction of the Volkswagen, which is later located on 31 December with a shattered rear windscreen which police believe is gunshot damage,” Victoria Police mentioned in an announcement.
“These are rare incidents but any indiscriminate use of a firearm and dangerous driving in the presence of innocent civilians going about their morning is concerning,” Detective Acting Inspector Ash Ryan, from the Echo Taskforce, added.
“We believe this was a targeted attack, but the danger it poses to the community is immense and we are lucky that other people were not seriously injured.”
Police are nonetheless interesting for any potential witnesses to the automobile chase to come back ahead.
Connors managed 29 video games for the Tigers in his six years on the membership.
His court docket look on Friday is just not his first brush with the legislation, after being convicted of a violent pub assault that left a person with a severed tendon in his hand in 2016.
Originally revealed as Ex-Tiger Daniel Connors arrested, charged over violent automobile chase the place ‘shots were fired’
