MORNINGTON, VIC. — Mornington Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) detectives have charged a man following a ramming in Mornington last month.
Police were called to reports of a suspicious loiter at a unit complex on Fleet Street on Friday, December 12, at about 7.40pm.
Officers attended and located an allegedly stolen black Toyota Land Cruiser utility in the driveway of the property.
Police alleged the utility rammed the parked police vehicle multiple times before it became wedged in the property’s driveway.
The driver allegedly exited the vehicle and fled northbound on Fleet Street.
During the incident, the two male senior constables retreated to take cover away from the vehicle, both sustaining minor injuries that required medical treatment the following day.
The police vehicle and the property sustained significant damage with the offender arrested after police received a report of a man passed out in a suspicious vehicle in Hallam on Sunday, January 4.
The man woke up and allegedly attempted to evade police, mounting a curb and crashing into a bin.
The man exited the vehicle from the passenger door and ran before he allegedly attempted to carjack a passing vehicle unsuccessfully and ran into bushland.
Police, with assistance from the Dog Squad, tracked the man and located him hiding in the bush before he was taken into custody.
The 35-year-old man has since been charged with an array of offences, including robbery, theft, and assaulting police, among other charges.
The alleged offender appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
