Wonthaggi police yesterday charged a 48-year-old woman with several offences after she was rescued while fishing in Foster in the early hours of Monday, March 3.
Police understand the woman drove to Foster Beach and got into trouble while fishing for garfish at Foster Beach.
Officers were told the woman, wearing waders, was approximately 200 metres from shore when she sank in the mud as the tide rose.
The woman, unable to move in the mud, was yelling for help for over an hour before being sighted by two passersby.
One of them, a male from New South Wales, bravely entered the water and pulled the woman to shore.
Emergency services then attended and assessed the woman. She was cold but otherwise uninjured.
Upon police arrival, officers noticed her vehicle was not registered and conducted further investigations.
Police allege the vehicle had a stolen licence plate on the front, and a cancelled licence plate belonging to another vehicle on the rear.
She was arrested and charged with handling stolen goods, unlicenced driving, theft, possession of identification documents, use of an unregistered motor vehicle, and use of a vehicle with incorrect registration plate.
The woman, of no fixed address, was bailed to appear before Korumburra Magistrates’ Court on August 28.
