Overview

• CCTV shows three hooded offenders attempt to force entry to a family's car in an Ashburton driveway as a couple and their two-year-old sat inside before the driver reversed and struck the thieves’ stolen Mercedes, prompting their escape.
• In Doreen, a Ford Territory was taken with two four-year-olds inside and the children were abandoned separately along Cookes Road before being reunited with their parents about 40 minutes later without physical injuries.
• Victoria Police say the Territory later collided with the offenders’ Toyota Yaris, with a 23-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl from the Yaris arrested and released pending summons, while the Territory and two male suspects remain unlocated.
• Overnight, a stolen Nissan X‑Trail was tracked from Lynbrook to South Yarra using aerial monitoring and tyre deflation devices, where officers arrested three males and a female after the vehicle reached a dead end on Davidson Street.
• The Southern Metro Region Crime Squad charged a 13-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy with offences including attempted carjacking, armed robbery and dangerous driving, charged a 15-year-old boy with attempted aggravated burglary and theft, and charged a 15-year-old girl with aggravated burglary and reckless conduct, with the three boys remanded and the girl bailed to appear at a children’s court.