By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
SUBURBS right across Casey felt the crime wave over the weekend.
Cannons Creek, Cranbourne West and Hampton Park were just some of the locations that ‘apex’ style offences were committed on Sunday 7 August.
In the wink of an eye, a woman’s Ford Futura was stolen right from under her nose as she ran inside to get something she had forgotten.
The Cranbourne West woman started her car in her garage on Raisell Road at 5am on Sunday, and while she let it warm up she opened the garage door.
As she ducked in to her home, her burgundy Ford was snatched and driven away.
Police later attended the scene, but her car is yet to be recovered.
Just an hour later at 6am, a car went up in flames in the sleepy coastal village of Cannons Creek.
A stolen black Kia Rio sedan was set alight at the jetty car park in Irene Parade by unknown offenders.
Police told the News the car was completely engulfed in flames and destroyed.
Cannons Creek CFA extinguished the blaze and no other damage was done to surrounding property.
Detective Senior Sergeant Rob Clark said the “remote” area was known to be frequented by hoon drivers.
An investigation into the car fire is ongoing.
Earlier on Sunday around 3.30am, a family in Hampton Park braced themselves inside their home, as a gang of three offenders tried to smash their way inside.
The Ivan Crescent home had its electric front gate forced open by the gang before they attempted the same treatment on the roller door.
Significant damage was done to both the gate and garage door, and and the ensuing sound woke up the occupants.
The male victim then went to the front door and security door and observed the offenders, one of who was armed with a pistol.
He ran deeper inside the house, locked all the doors and called the police.
The offenders were described as Caucasian, and in their twenties.
One was reported to be wearing a grey flannelette shirt and dark pants and a Triton or Hilux utility was used in the attempted burglary.
Multiple police units attended the scene, but were unable to track the three offenders.
The offenders didn’t steal anything from the home.
