A person has been charged following an alleged assault on a cameraman in Melbourne’s far west.
The digital camera operator was overlaying an alleged assault at an deal with on Fraser Street in Melton South when he was allegedly assaulted on May 15.
Police arrested a 26-year-old Melton man on Wednesday afternoon following a crash in an allegedly stolen automobile in Bentleigh East, greater than 60 kilometres away by automobile in Melbourne’s south-east.
The man, who police mentioned fled the scene of the May 15 incident, faces a raft of expenses and was remanded in custody to look at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
On Tuesday, one other man was charged over the unique alleged housebreaking, mentioned to have taken place in Melton South greater than two weeks earlier than the cameraman was left with non-life-threatening accidents.
A gaggle allegedly smashed their approach into the property armed with a rifle, a machete and a baton and assaulted the three folks inside.
A 21-year-old Newcomb man was on Tuesday arrested over the incident and charged with aggravated residence invasion, aggravated housebreaking, conduct endangering life, prohibited particular person possess firearm, theft of motorized vehicle, use firearm in contravention of Firearm Prohibition Order and breach situations of bail.
A 22-year-old Geelong West man was additionally arrested and charged with possessing hashish and a 21-year-old Newcomb girl was interviewed and launched pending additional enquiries after police carried out 5 search warrants yesterday over the incident.
The searches occurred after police referred to as for the general public’s assist to trace down the group behind the alleged “targeted attack” earlier this month, releasing CCTV footage of it.
Police alleged 4 males sporting balaclavas stormed into the home, firing pictures and demanding money and assaulted these inside the home — two girls aged 44 and 67, and a 31-year-old man.
The man sustained “a significant knife wound” to his face and was later transported to hospital for remedy.
The girls suffered minor accidents.
After looking the property, the lads discovered a protected and allegedly stole a major amount of jewelry.
They allegedly fled on foot earlier than stealing a white Volkswagen Polo from the deal with, which was later discovered burnt out on the North Shore.
Police alleged one other automobile, a White Mazda CX-5 with a sticker on the again windscreen, was additionally later utilized by the group.
Officers seized a white Mazda CX-5, quite a few knives, what seems to be hashish and a amount of white powder throughout the raids on Tuesday.
The investigation stays ongoing.
Anyone with data or who witnessed the incident is urged to contact police.
Source: www.9news.com.au
