By REBECCA BILLS and JESSE GRAHAM
POLICE have charged a man after a spate of attacks across Melbourne, including an attempt to make off with two caravans in Monbulk.
Sunbury police have now charged the man allegedly responsible for stealing two caravans and attempting to steal another two in Monbulk.
Detective Sergeant Mark Smithwick said as a result of media release and news coverage, a Sunbury police officer recognised a vehicle on Wednesday 16 July and intercepted a man about 8.30pm.
“He had previously seen the vehicle in a Sunbury street, he went to the street and located the vehicle along with the two stolen caravans at a residential property and the man was there fixing one – he was arrested at the scene,” he said.
“He has been charged with eight offences including theft of caravan and attempted theft of caravan.”
Jonny Jovic from Scarborough, Queensland, was refused bail by an after-hours magistrate on Thursday 17 July at Sunbury Police Station.
The two caravans along with a Toyota Hilux were taken from the Pasley Street property and are currently at Sunbury Police Station.
One of the caravans has been linked back to a theft on 4 July this year in Invermay.
The other caravan has been identified as belonging to Patterson Lakes couple who had their $50,000 caravan stolen on Thursday 10 July.
The Mail previous reported that a man had attempted to steal a caravan on Old Emerald Road in Monbulk on 30 June.
Police said the attempted theft charges relate to a caravan in Fairydale Road in Monbulk on the same day, and registration plates on a car in Rowville.
Jovic was charged with two counts of theft of a caravan, two counts of attempted theft of a caravan, theft of number plates, fitting fraudulent number plates, possessing an article for burglary, theft and cheat, two counts of possessing property being proceeds of crime and for possessing an article of disguise.
