By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
AN ENDEAVOUR Hills teenager linked to the fatal hit-and-run which claimed the life of a 47-year-old Carrum Downs mother was arrested on Thursday.
He was remanded overnight and was due to appear for a filing hearing at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with armed robbery and assault related offences.
It was expected that further charges would be filed at court.
It’s believed the 18-year-old used the allegedly stolen BMW X5 during an armed robbery in Frankston three days before the car was involved in a crash in Mordialloc on Monday 9 November, after which victim Amanda Matheson died in hospital.
A 15-year-old teen was also remanded in custody last week in relation to the hit-and-run and will appear at a children’s court on Thursday 26 November.
It’s believed the 18-year-old from Endeavour Hills allegedly pulled out a gun when he stole a Ford XR6 from Bartlett Street in Frankston South on Friday 6 November about 2.40am.
He was arrested by Special Operations Group officers at a house in Gweno Avenue, Frankston, about 10.30am on Thursday 19 November.
The 18-year-old was charged by the Frankston Embona Armed Robbery Task Force.
