Police have charged two men whose allegedly stolen car became bogged when they rammed police in Bentleigh on Sunday, September 15.
It is alleged offenders stole a Holden Special Vehicle Club Sport sedan from a property on Sycamore St, Caulfield South, about 4am.
Officers located the empty Club Sport and two people sitting in a second allegedly stolen car on Pascoe Avenue, Bentleigh, a short time later.
It is alleged the Holden Commodore SS station wagon accelerated and rammed into a marked police car before the stolen car became bogged.
Police forced entry to the car and deployed OC spray.
A 27-year-old Wyndham Vale man and a 22-year-old Southbank man were removed from the car and arrested at the scene.
No one was injured during the incidents.
The Southbank man was charged with 12 offences, including:
• aggravated reckless exposure of police officer to risk by driving
• damage emergency service vehicle by reckless driving
• drive in a manner dangerous
• drive whilst suspended
• theft of motor vehicle
• handle stolen goods
• possess controlled weapon
• going equipped to steal
• being disguised with unlawful intent
The Wyndham Vale man was charged with nine offences, including:
• theft of motor vehicle
• possess drugs of dependence
• handle stolen goods
• going equipped to steal
• possess controlled weapon
It is believed the Holden Commodore SS station wagon was stolen from Mount Eliza between August 27-28.
The duo were remanded to appear before the Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court at a later date.