MELBOURNE: CBD criminal damage follow-up


Melbourne West Tasking Team officers have arrested and charged a man after walls, doors and other items were tagged in Melbourne’s CBD.

Investigators have been told two men exited a car on King St about 11.45pm on March 7.

They attended a hotel on Collins St and allegedly tagged a wall in the hotel foyer before moving onto Flinders Lane and tagging a doorway and fire hydrant cabinets.

The matter was reported to police and officers from Melbourne West Tasking Team executed a warrant at an address in St Kilda on Thursday, March 13.

They took a 28-year-old man into custody and it is alleged they seized spray cans, sketch books, clothing and digital evidence.

He was charged with criminal damage and bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on May 30.