A 29-year-old Altona North man has been charged after an alleged attempted carjacking in Campbellfield on 22 October. Police allege the man, armed with an axe, tried to steal a car after a collision involving up to eight vehicles at the Sydney and Bolinda roads intersection around 7am. Before police arrived, he was struck by a vehicle, then restrained by good Samaritans near Sunshine Street. Police arrested him, and he was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He faces a long list of charges and has been remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 15 January.
Police have arrested a 29-year-old man in Campbellfield after an alleged attempted carjacking. Officers were told the man, who was one of the drivers in an eight-vehicle collision at Sydney Road and Bolinda Road at about 7am on Thursday 22 October, was armed with an axe and tried to steal another vehicle. The Altona North man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries under police guard. No other injuries were reported. Anyone with information or footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to steal a car while carrying an axe after an eight-vehicle collision in Melbourne's north. Police were called to the crash at the intersection of Sydney Road and Bolinda Road about 7am. Police say the 29-year-old man from Altona North was struck by a vehicle, then detained by passers-by in a nearby side street until officers arrived. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries under police guard. Police say no one else was injured. Anyone with footage or information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.
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Police have charged a 21-year-old Aitkenvale woman after she allegedly had a machete and an axe in Townsville on Monday, 19 October. Officers from Kirwan station were on patrol in Alfred Street at about 12.20am when they stopped a man riding a bicycle without a helmet. Police allege he passed a backpack to the woman, which was searched and found to contain an axe. Officers later allegedly found a machete in nearby bushes. Both weapons were seized. The woman was issued a Notice to Appear and charged with two counts of possessing a knife in a public place.
