Michael Brohan, 32, sentenced for vandalising Eaglehawk police station, alleged bomb hoax

A Myers Flat man who vandalised an Eaglehawk police station after allegedly calling in a bomb hoax on Bendigo police station has faced the music.

Bendigo Police Station. Picture: Foreground Architecture.

A drunken Myers Flat man who vandalised an Eaglehawk police station after allegedly calling in a bomb hoax on Bendigo police station has faced the music.

Michael Brohan, 32, pleaded guilty at Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on Monday to stalking, wilfully injuring property and committing an indictable offence on bail, interfering with a motor vehicle.

He was previously also charged with calling in a bomb hoax on a police station, using a phone to harass, driving in a manner dangerous, drink driving and intentionally damaging property, but the charges were withdrawn.

The court heard Brohan allegedly made 25 abusive phone calls to police in

Brohan appeared in court after making bail on Sunday following 105 days in custody on remand following a series of “abusive” and criminal acts between May and October, 2023.

Police alleged Brohan made more than 25 “aggressive and harassing” phone calls to Bendigo police station October 8, accusing them of falsifying evidence against him, culminating in Brohan allegedly calling in a bomb hoax.

The alleged phone calls came after Brohan stalked a woman, placing a tracking device on her car and monitoring her movements.

Following the alleged threatening phone calls and bomb hoax to Bendigo Police, Brohan went on a drunken rampage on October 30.

Police alleged in court that Brohan drove past a marked police car in his mum’s blue Ford Territory at Eaglehawk, north of Bendigo, “flipping the bird” at the officer driving.

Brohan then vandalised the police station, ripping off a window awning, damaging the letter box, security door and the front fence before being arrested with a blood alcohol of 0.116.

Bendigo police station. Picture: Foreground Architecture.

After pleading guilty to the drunken attack on Eaglehawk police station, Magistrate Russell Kelly ordered Brohan to pay damages of $9552 to fix the damage.

Brohan initially opposed restitution, claiming he can’t afford to pay it, asking to only pay insurance excess.

But police told the court there was no insurance on the station because Victoria Police is considered “too high risk” to receive insurance.

Mr Kelly sentenced Brohan to 105 days in prison, time served on remand, for all the charges before the court and placed Brohan on an 18 month community corrections order.

Mr Kelly warned Brohan that any more “abusive” outbursts could see him back in prison.