Victoria police have released surveillance pictures of a suspect in the Monday theft of an electric scooter belonging to a Special Olympics athlete.
The scooter was stolen from outside the Hillside Shopping Centre about 4 p.m. The owner is a 54-year-old man with a disability who depends on the scooter for transportation.
The suspect is described as white, 30- to 40-years-old and about six feet tall with a slim to medium build. He was wearing a blue tracksuit and a Nike baseball cap, and was pushing a shopping cart that he used to move the scooter.