Man arrested after falling asleep in allegedly stolen car in McDonald's carpark
Victoria Police were told an allegedly stolen Toyota Landcruiser was being driven through Melton, in Melbourne's western outskirts, about 1.30am on Sunday.
Officers were dispatched to the area and located the car, before following it east through Thomastown and Preston, then south to Thornbury, Fairfield, Alphington, Clifton Hill, Fitzroy, Abbottsford and into the CBD.
Victoria Police caught up with the car when it stopped at the fast-food restaurant on City Rd in Southbank.
The driver of the vehicle went into the restaurant while a passenger, a 30-year-old man, fell asleep in the backseat.
The driver fled the scene while the passenger was arrested.
The 30-year-old, of no fixed address, is yet to be interviewed.
The silver Landcruiser was allegedly stolen from a Balaclava address on July 20.
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For several days in early 1984, a heavily armed gunman who styled himself on John Rambo caused cross-border terror. Now, more than 40 years later, the four policemen who safely ended the manhunt while the offender aimed a gun at one of the officers have been recognised for their heroism. Andrew Joseph Medlock, 25, had amassed an arsenal of high-powered guns and ammunition after holding Kate Haynes and Roger Whitley captive in an isolated farmhouse near Woomargama, north of the NSW-Victoria border city of Albury-Wodonga. Dressed in army jungle greens and sporting a large hunting knife in a sheath behind his neck - just like Sylvester Stallone had in the movie First Blood, released 13 months earlier - the Army Reserve-trained 25-year-old was happy to show his captives his shooting proficiency by killing a bird in a tree. Ms Haynes and Mr Whitley had been tied by their hands and feet, forced to watch the Hitchcock horror movie The Birds, and threatened with a knife and guns. The terrified couple were held for five hours on the night of January 20, 1984 and believed they would be killed. Their ordeal only ended when they freed themselves before midnight and ran six kilometres to a nearby home, raising the alarm and sparking a major police operation that would span four days. Medlock fled Woomargama in Mr Whitley's Toyota four-wheel-drive with multiple firearms from the house, and an estimated 500 to 1000 rounds of ammunition. The hold-up of the couple was front page news in The Border Morning Mail, and residents in the region expressed fear while the armed man was on the run. Dog trapper Wayne Tindle stumbled upon Medlock in a remote part of the Nariel Valley, south of Corryong, four days after the pair were held captive, and had a gun pointed at him. Medlock had run out of fuel. Mr Tindle managed to escape with his life by telling Medlock he would get him fuel for the stolen Toyota LandCruiser, and managed to notify police. 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"I was in the force for 20 years nearly afterwards, I never heard of anything similar to that afterwards." Detective Sergeant Troy Martin this week listened to two of the four officers tell their story and viewed photographs taken by The Border Morning Mail. "It's just amazing to hear these stories now," he said. "To see these photos, it shows how different it was back then. "It's an amazing story." The detective said it was "fantastic" the four men would be recognised. "It's well deserved," Detective Sergeant Martin said. Mr Beacroft, Mr Monk, and Mr Brear attended Thursday's awards ceremony, with Mr Bennett unable to make the event. For several days in early 1984, a heavily armed gunman who styled himself on John Rambo caused cross-border terror. Now, more than 40 years later, the four policemen who safely ended the manhunt while the offender aimed a gun at one of the officers have been recognised for their heroism. Andrew Joseph Medlock, 25, had amassed an arsenal of high-powered guns and ammunition after holding Kate Haynes and Roger Whitley captive in an isolated farmhouse near Woomargama, north of the NSW-Victoria border city of Albury-Wodonga. Dressed in army jungle greens and sporting a large hunting knife in a sheath behind his neck - just like Sylvester Stallone had in the movie First Blood, released 13 months earlier - the Army Reserve-trained 25-year-old was happy to show his captives his shooting proficiency by killing a bird in a tree. Ms Haynes and Mr Whitley had been tied by their hands and feet, forced to watch the Hitchcock horror movie The Birds, and threatened with a knife and guns. The terrified couple were held for five hours on the night of January 20, 1984 and believed they would be killed. Their ordeal only ended when they freed themselves before midnight and ran six kilometres to a nearby home, raising the alarm and sparking a major police operation that would span four days. Medlock fled Woomargama in Mr Whitley's Toyota four-wheel-drive with multiple firearms from the house, and an estimated 500 to 1000 rounds of ammunition. The hold-up of the couple was front page news in The Border Morning Mail, and residents in the region expressed fear while the armed man was on the run. Dog trapper Wayne Tindle stumbled upon Medlock in a remote part of the Nariel Valley, south of Corryong, four days after the pair were held captive, and had a gun pointed at him. Medlock had run out of fuel. Mr Tindle managed to escape with his life by telling Medlock he would get him fuel for the stolen Toyota LandCruiser, and managed to notify police. Police surrounded the area on January 24 and, fearing what would happen if the wanted man escaped with his arsenal, quickly hatched an arrest plan. Wodonga detective Pat Brear, dressed in the trapper's clothes to lull Medlock into a false sense of security, walked up to the 25-year-old on a remote track with two empty fuel cans. The detective had a gun pointed at him before three Albury officers swooped in and tackled the gunman. Mr Brear was unarmed with no ballistic protection and was just eight metres away from Medlock while he aimed at him. Five more cocked and loaded guns were next to the wanted man, ready to be used if he needed. While the three Albury officers - Peter Beacroft, Bert Bennett, and Dennis Monk - had bulletproof vests handed down from Sydney, they would have been useless against the high-powered guns Medlock had. Mr Bennett believes the wanted man had been set up for an ambush, given the location of his vehicle and having the six guns loaded and ready to fire. 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Despite the immense risk faced by the four officers, they knew they had to get their man before he could leave the area and cause "bloodshed". He had been highly erratic during his initial farmhouse hold-up, switching from quiet and passive to pointing guns and a knife in his victims' faces, telling them he knew how to kill. "Is he gonna put his hands up, or is he gonna come out firing?" Mr Beacroft said. "Because he had all his guns there ready to do that. "This took place after the first Rambo movie came out, and this bloke thought he was Rambo up in the mountains taking on the police. "He's dressed in military gear, got a mask around his face, got a knife hanging over his shoulder like Rambo, the whole box and dice." Following his capture, Medlock faced Albury court and admitted to charges, with the offending treated as a mental health case. The fallout from the incident still continues for Mr Brear, who said he quickly went downhill in the days after the arrest and lasted just four more years in the job. He has at times been hospitalised due to his symptoms of PTSD, having been shot at during his time in the Armed Robbery Squad in Melbourne before the 1984 incident. Being recognised, even 41 years later, feels like a "great panacea". "It cut short my career, but the recognition is so powerful," Mr Brear said. "It certainly helps me. "It's great to receive recognition from the NSW Police force." Mr Beacroft said the group had gone "a fair bit above" the award criteria. "I think it closes a door on something that perhaps should have been done a long time ago," he said. "It should have been done a long time ago. "There was a potential bloodshed scenario, which was stopped by the police who were up there. "At that stage, I'd been in the police for 20 years. "I'd never heard of anything like that happening before. "I was in the force for 20 years nearly afterwards, I never heard of anything similar to that afterwards." Detective Sergeant Troy Martin this week listened to two of the four officers tell their story and viewed photographs taken by The Border Morning Mail. "It's just amazing to hear these stories now," he said. "To see these photos, it shows how different it was back then. "It's an amazing story." The detective said it was "fantastic" the four men would be recognised. "It's well deserved," Detective Sergeant Martin said. Mr Beacroft, Mr Monk, and Mr Brear attended Thursday's awards ceremony, with Mr Bennett unable to make the event. For several days in early 1984, a heavily armed gunman who styled himself on John Rambo caused cross-border terror. Now, more than 40 years later, the four policemen who safely ended the manhunt while the offender aimed a gun at one of the officers have been recognised for their heroism. Andrew Joseph Medlock, 25, had amassed an arsenal of high-powered guns and ammunition after holding Kate Haynes and Roger Whitley captive in an isolated farmhouse near Woomargama, north of the NSW-Victoria border city of Albury-Wodonga. Dressed in army jungle greens and sporting a large hunting knife in a sheath behind his neck - just like Sylvester Stallone had in the movie First Blood, released 13 months earlier - the Army Reserve-trained 25-year-old was happy to show his captives his shooting proficiency by killing a bird in a tree. Ms Haynes and Mr Whitley had been tied by their hands and feet, forced to watch the Hitchcock horror movie The Birds, and threatened with a knife and guns. The terrified couple were held for five hours on the night of January 20, 1984 and believed they would be killed. Their ordeal only ended when they freed themselves before midnight and ran six kilometres to a nearby home, raising the alarm and sparking a major police operation that would span four days. Medlock fled Woomargama in Mr Whitley's Toyota four-wheel-drive with multiple firearms from the house, and an estimated 500 to 1000 rounds of ammunition. The hold-up of the couple was front page news in The Border Morning Mail, and residents in the region expressed fear while the armed man was on the run. Dog trapper Wayne Tindle stumbled upon Medlock in a remote part of the Nariel Valley, south of Corryong, four days after the pair were held captive, and had a gun pointed at him. Medlock had run out of fuel. Mr Tindle managed to escape with his life by telling Medlock he would get him fuel for the stolen Toyota LandCruiser, and managed to notify police. Police surrounded the area on January 24 and, fearing what would happen if the wanted man escaped with his arsenal, quickly hatched an arrest plan. Wodonga detective Pat Brear, dressed in the trapper's clothes to lull Medlock into a false sense of security, walked up to the 25-year-old on a remote track with two empty fuel cans. The detective had a gun pointed at him before three Albury officers swooped in and tackled the gunman. Mr Brear was unarmed with no ballistic protection and was just eight metres away from Medlock while he aimed at him. Five more cocked and loaded guns were next to the wanted man, ready to be used if he needed. While the three Albury officers - Peter Beacroft, Bert Bennett, and Dennis Monk - had bulletproof vests handed down from Sydney, they would have been useless against the high-powered guns Medlock had. Mr Bennett believes the wanted man had been set up for an ambush, given the location of his vehicle and having the six guns loaded and ready to fire. One of his rifles had bullets able to pierce armour and the four officers had fully expected shots to be fired by the wanted man during his arrest. Despite 41 years having passed since the high-stakes operation, the retired officers can recount details as if it happened yesterday. "There was a fair bit of fear by the population that lived up there that way about this unknown gunman, on the loose, in the hills around Corryong," Mr Beacroft recalled. He said it was a different world in 1984. "Negotiators didn't exist in those days, there was no communication," he said. "We were on our Pat Malone, just the four of us. "The command post was about an hour and a half away from where we were. "If something had gone down, there was no ambulance on standby. "Today, it would not have happened. "You'd have helicopters and 20 or 30 people surrounding the place." Despite the immense risk faced by the four officers, they knew they had to get their man before he could leave the area and cause "bloodshed". He had been highly erratic during his initial farmhouse hold-up, switching from quiet and passive to pointing guns and a knife in his victims' faces, telling them he knew how to kill. "Is he gonna put his hands up, or is he gonna come out firing?" Mr Beacroft said. "Because he had all his guns there ready to do that. "This took place after the first Rambo movie came out, and this bloke thought he was Rambo up in the mountains taking on the police. "He's dressed in military gear, got a mask around his face, got a knife hanging over his shoulder like Rambo, the whole box and dice." Following his capture, Medlock faced Albury court and admitted to charges, with the offending treated as a mental health case. The fallout from the incident still continues for Mr Brear, who said he quickly went downhill in the days after the arrest and lasted just four more years in the job. He has at times been hospitalised due to his symptoms of PTSD, having been shot at during his time in the Armed Robbery Squad in Melbourne before the 1984 incident. Being recognised, even 41 years later, feels like a "great panacea". "It cut short my career, but the recognition is so powerful," Mr Brear said. "It certainly helps me. "It's great to receive recognition from the NSW Police force." Mr Beacroft said the group had gone "a fair bit above" the award criteria. "I think it closes a door on something that perhaps should have been done a long time ago," he said. "It should have been done a long time ago. "There was a potential bloodshed scenario, which was stopped by the police who were up there. "At that stage, I'd been in the police for 20 years. "I'd never heard of anything like that happening before. "I was in the force for 20 years nearly afterwards, I never heard of anything similar to that afterwards." Detective Sergeant Troy Martin this week listened to two of the four officers tell their story and viewed photographs taken by The Border Morning Mail. "It's just amazing to hear these stories now," he said. "To see these photos, it shows how different it was back then. "It's an amazing story." The detective said it was "fantastic" the four men would be recognised. "It's well deserved," Detective Sergeant Martin said. Mr Beacroft, Mr Monk, and Mr Brear attended Thursday's awards ceremony, with Mr Bennett unable to make the event. For several days in early 1984, a heavily armed gunman who styled himself on John Rambo caused cross-border terror. Now, more than 40 years later, the four policemen who safely ended the manhunt while the offender aimed a gun at one of the officers have been recognised for their heroism. Andrew Joseph Medlock, 25, had amassed an arsenal of high-powered guns and ammunition after holding Kate Haynes and Roger Whitley captive in an isolated farmhouse near Woomargama, north of the NSW-Victoria border city of Albury-Wodonga. Dressed in army jungle greens and sporting a large hunting knife in a sheath behind his neck - just like Sylvester Stallone had in the movie First Blood, released 13 months earlier - the Army Reserve-trained 25-year-old was happy to show his captives his shooting proficiency by killing a bird in a tree. Ms Haynes and Mr Whitley had been tied by their hands and feet, forced to watch the Hitchcock horror movie The Birds, and threatened with a knife and guns. The terrified couple were held for five hours on the night of January 20, 1984 and believed they would be killed. Their ordeal only ended when they freed themselves before midnight and ran six kilometres to a nearby home, raising the alarm and sparking a major police operation that would span four days. Medlock fled Woomargama in Mr Whitley's Toyota four-wheel-drive with multiple firearms from the house, and an estimated 500 to 1000 rounds of ammunition. The hold-up of the couple was front page news in The Border Morning Mail, and residents in the region expressed fear while the armed man was on the run. Dog trapper Wayne Tindle stumbled upon Medlock in a remote part of the Nariel Valley, south of Corryong, four days after the pair were held captive, and had a gun pointed at him. Medlock had run out of fuel. Mr Tindle managed to escape with his life by telling Medlock he would get him fuel for the stolen Toyota LandCruiser, and managed to notify police. Police surrounded the area on January 24 and, fearing what would happen if the wanted man escaped with his arsenal, quickly hatched an arrest plan. Wodonga detective Pat Brear, dressed in the trapper's clothes to lull Medlock into a false sense of security, walked up to the 25-year-old on a remote track with two empty fuel cans. The detective had a gun pointed at him before three Albury officers swooped in and tackled the gunman. Mr Brear was unarmed with no ballistic protection and was just eight metres away from Medlock while he aimed at him. Five more cocked and loaded guns were next to the wanted man, ready to be used if he needed. While the three Albury officers - Peter Beacroft, Bert Bennett, and Dennis Monk - had bulletproof vests handed down from Sydney, they would have been useless against the high-powered guns Medlock had. Mr Bennett believes the wanted man had been set up for an ambush, given the location of his vehicle and having the six guns loaded and ready to fire. One of his rifles had bullets able to pierce armour and the four officers had fully expected shots to be fired by the wanted man during his arrest. Despite 41 years having passed since the high-stakes operation, the retired officers can recount details as if it happened yesterday. "There was a fair bit of fear by the population that lived up there that way about this unknown gunman, on the loose, in the hills around Corryong," Mr Beacroft recalled. He said it was a different world in 1984. "Negotiators didn't exist in those days, there was no communication," he said. "We were on our Pat Malone, just the four of us. "The command post was about an hour and a half away from where we were. "If something had gone down, there was no ambulance on standby. "Today, it would not have happened. "You'd have helicopters and 20 or 30 people surrounding the place." Despite the immense risk faced by the four officers, they knew they had to get their man before he could leave the area and cause "bloodshed". He had been highly erratic during his initial farmhouse hold-up, switching from quiet and passive to pointing guns and a knife in his victims' faces, telling them he knew how to kill. "Is he gonna put his hands up, or is he gonna come out firing?" Mr Beacroft said. "Because he had all his guns there ready to do that. "This took place after the first Rambo movie came out, and this bloke thought he was Rambo up in the mountains taking on the police. "He's dressed in military gear, got a mask around his face, got a knife hanging over his shoulder like Rambo, the whole box and dice." Following his capture, Medlock faced Albury court and admitted to charges, with the offending treated as a mental health case. The fallout from the incident still continues for Mr Brear, who said he quickly went downhill in the days after the arrest and lasted just four more years in the job. He has at times been hospitalised due to his symptoms of PTSD, having been shot at during his time in the Armed Robbery Squad in Melbourne before the 1984 incident. Being recognised, even 41 years later, feels like a "great panacea". "It cut short my career, but the recognition is so powerful," Mr Brear said. "It certainly helps me. "It's great to receive recognition from the NSW Police force." Mr Beacroft said the group had gone "a fair bit above" the award criteria. "I think it closes a door on something that perhaps should have been done a long time ago," he said. "It should have been done a long time ago. "There was a potential bloodshed scenario, which was stopped by the police who were up there. "At that stage, I'd been in the police for 20 years. "I'd never heard of anything like that happening before. "I was in the force for 20 years nearly afterwards, I never heard of anything similar to that afterwards." Detective Sergeant Troy Martin this week listened to two of the four officers tell their story and viewed photographs taken by The Border Morning Mail. "It's just amazing to hear these stories now," he said. "To see these photos, it shows how different it was back then. "It's an amazing story." The detective said it was "fantastic" the four men would be recognised. "It's well deserved," Detective Sergeant Martin said. Mr Beacroft, Mr Monk, and Mr Brear attended Thursday's awards ceremony, with Mr Bennett unable to make the event.
