By Taylah Eastwell
A Croydon man is in custody after a string of offences alleged to have been committed across the outer-east.
The 37-year-old was arrested at a residential address on 24 August in relation to numerous offences on commerical properties spanning from May to August this year, including various car thefts, burglaries and other dishonesty related offending.
The man has been charged with two burglaries, theft of a motor vehicle and theft in Lilydale and an attempted burglary in Boronia where he later evaded police.
The offender was also charged with a burglary, attempted burglary and theft of a car in Knoxfield, as well as a further attempted burglary in Ferntree Gully.
He is also alleged to have committed a burglary in Bayswater alongside a further car theft. Officers also charged the man with an arson offence alleged to have occured in Mooroolbark and possessing a controlled weapon in Croydon. It is believed the man was on bail at the time of the some of the offending.
The man will reappear at Ringwood Magistrates Court on the 26 August.
