Tag: Crime
Man dead, child hurt in second Darebin Drive shooting
UPDATE
Police are yet to confirm whether or not this morning fatal drive-by shooting in Thomastown is related to a similar incident in the same...
Two Broadmeadows shootings in one night
Police are investigating two separate shooting incidents in Broadmeadows overnight.
Hume Crime Investigation Unit detectives have been told that two men fired several shots at a...
Judge dismisses appeal for ‘outrageous’ crimes
A Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application to review the sentence of a 26-year-old man, describing his crime spree as “outrageous”.
But Justice Phillip...
Drugs and family violence on the rise
Whittlesea police plan to crack down further on drugs and family violence following an increase in offences in the past year.
Figures from the Crime...
Hume the stolen car capital of Victoria
Two cars are stolen every day in Hume, on average.
Latest data from the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council (NMVRC) shows more cars were...
Man sought for indecent act in Epping playground
Epping Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) detectives are appealing for information from the public after a man exposed himself in a...
Shots fired in Craigieburn
BREAKING
Police are on scene in Craigieburn after gun shots were fired during a heated exchange between the occupants of two cars.
Leading Senior Constable Lee...
Two Staffy pups stolen from Craigieburn home
Police are urging the public to keep an eye out for two English Staffordshire puppies that were stolen from a Craigieburn house.
Detective Senior Constable...
High rate of fuel theft in outer north
Petrol stations in Hume and Whittlesea suffer from some of the highest rates of fuel theft in metropolitan Melbourne.
Research conducted by the Victorian Automobile...
ATM stolen in brazen ram raid
Two men ram-raided a petrol station in Whittlesea this morning and escaped with its ATM.
Detectives from the Whittlesea Crime Investigation Unit are hastily searching for...
Five arrested after policeman bashed in Campbellfield
A police officer has been bashed by five men while trying to perform a late-night breath test in Campbellfield.
It is believed the men were...
Epping man charged after training scam raid
An Epping man is one of three men to have been charged with a series of offences relating to a criminal syndicate that allegedly...
Runaway groom arrested in Campbellfield
Runaway groom Murat Shomshe, who skipped out on his new bride and the law, has been arrested.
Shomshe, 33, who goes by the name I-am Houdini on Facebook, was...
Driver stabbed during attempted abduction
The victim of a violent attempted abduction in Lalor last Thursday has appealed for public assistance to locate his attacker.
The 33-year-old Epping man returned...
Three arrested after teenager stabbed
Police have arrested three men following the alleged stabbing of a 17-year-old teenager in Melton yesterday.
Police and emergency services were called to the Primary...
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Don’t let your campfire become a bushfire this Summer
Fire authorities and public land managers are calling on anyone camping in Victorian parks, reserves and forests this summer to check the conditions and...
