ENDEAVOUR HILLS STAR JOURNAL
Home » Man charged with alleged police-car ramming

Man charged with alleged police-car ramming

A Langwarrin man and a Doveton woman have been arrested after a police vehicle was allegedly rammed on Wednesday 26 February.

The 43-year-old man was charged with reckless conduct endangering serious injury after the incident at a servo convenience store on Toorak Road, Hawthorn East about 12.30am.

Police say a white BMW with false plates was wedged between a bollard and the front of the store.

Police boxed in the BMW after it allegedly rammed a police vehicle several times.

The driver and passenger were arrested and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

No police officers were injured.

The man is also facing charges of:

• Reckless exposure of police force (MOPF) to risk by driving

• Driving whilst disqualified

• Fraudulently using a registration plate

• Using an unregistered motor vehicle

• Possessing a drug of dependence

• Possessing a dangerous article

He was remanded to appear at court on 27 February.

The 31-year-old arrested woman was released without charge.

Digital Editions


  • Soil clean-up wait continues

    Soil clean-up wait continues

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 522112 A giant asbestos-riddled soil mound in Bangholme’s Green Wedge still remains, despite an order for its removal by…

More News

  • Road-safety first for schools

    Road-safety first for schools

    Casey Council has released a national-first road safety guide aimed at reducing child pedestrian injuries around schools. A Practical Guide to Safer School Precincts was launched at the newly-opened Kala…

  • Celebrating a good harvest

    Celebrating a good harvest

    Basking in sunshine, about 200 celebrated a Pongal harvest festival in Harmony Square, Dandenong on Sunday 18 January. Victorian Tamil Cultural Association staged the 32nd annual event, featuring drumming, dancing…

  • OPINION: The back-to-school survival guide for working mums

    OPINION: The back-to-school survival guide for working mums

    So, you survived Christmas and are limping to the finishing line as school holidays come to a close. You are expected to be ‘refreshed’ as you return to work, yet…

  • OPINION: How should Victorians celebrate Australia Day this year?

    OPINION: How should Victorians celebrate Australia Day this year?

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 434368 It is 2026, and Australia remains the only Commonwealth country without a national treaty with its Indigenous peoples. Other settler nations, such as…

  • Hunt for Casey’s most wanted

    Hunt for Casey’s most wanted

    Crime Stoppers Victoria has announced a blitz on Casey’s eight most wanted people. Collectively, they are wanted on 60 arrest warrants for offences including car theft, burglary, drugs and skipping…