Tag: Police
Police target number plate thefts
Motorists are being urged to have one-way anti-theft screws fitted to their number plates at free events across Hume.
Crime Statistics Agency data obtained by Star...
Residents fearful after string of shootings
When daylight fades, Trevor Bunker is hesitant to leave his Thomastown home.
Since his neighbour, Rachad Adra, was fatally shot last year when a high-powered...
Westmeadows fight leaves two dead
Two men have have been killed during a fight at a Westmeadows party on Saturday night.
Police are investigating the circumstances behind the two deaths at...
Shootings prompt police raids
Seven men from around Hume have been charged over a series of non-fatal shootings in Melbourne’s north earlier this month.
Embona Taskforce detectives, who investigate...
Man wanted for Mill Park sexual assault
Police are seeking a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman waiting at a bus stop Mill Park last month.
Detectives have been told the woman...
Epping man on kidnap and assault charges
An Epping man will face court on Tuesday after being arrested in dramatic fashion by Special Operations Group police in a Bunnings car park on...
Tool theft causes builder to shut up shop
A Bacchus Marsh builder, who had tools valued at $3000 stolen from his ute, says his business never recovered from the financial loss of...
South Morang brothers charged over terror hoaxes
Three brothers from South Morang who staged and filmed hoax attacks on members of the public, including a bomb hoax in Altona, have been...
Video clue to trail of destruction
Police have released footage that might help identify two men believed to have damaged more than 30 cars in South Morang and Epping last...
Feds bust Broadmeadows meth shipment
A consignment of horse statues filled with methamphetamine destined for Broadmeadows has led to the arrest of four men and the dismantling of a...
Spike in theft from cars in Highlands Estate
Police are urging Craigieburn residents to heed warnings and lock their cars after a spate of thefts from cars in the Highlands estate.
Hume crime...
Car hits police van Lalor
Two men have been arrested after they ram raided a police van just after midnight this morning in Lalor.
A marked police van was attempting...
Lalor man charged for nicking knickers
A Lalor man has been charged following the theft of women’s underwear from balconies in Richmond.
Several residents of an apartment building in Lennox Street...
Australia Day violence in Whittlesea
Four young men were arrested and charged after police were pelted with bottles and a missile was discharged at Australia Day celebrations in Whittlesea.
Mill...
Roadside birth best day on job
Mill Park police officers delivered a baby on a Thomastown nature strip after they discovered a woman in labour during a routine car check.
The...