Archives for September 2024

A man has been charged after he was allegedly caught driving with a disqualified licence and over the legal limit in Kyneton. Kyneton police officers intercepted the driver who was allegedly driving north bound in south bound lanes on the Calder Fwy just before 11pm on Monday last week (Sep. 23)It is alleged he had

Portland Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged three people following a spate of burglaries and theft from vehicles in Portland and Dartmoor.Detectives executed a search warrant at a property in Edgar St, Portland, about 10am on September 17.Police recovered a number of allegedly stolen items during the search, including power tools, chainsaws, generators and fishing

Fawkner Highway Patrol officers have impounded a 2024 Toyota Camry after an intercept in Glenroy on Monday evening last week (Sep. 23).Police were patrolling Pascoe Vale Rd about 10.30pm when they detected the Camry allegedly travelling at 141-kmh in a 60-kmh zone.They intercepted the car and spoke to the driver, a 22-year-old man from Glenroy.As

Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in Carrum Downs.It is understood the rider was travelling along Boundary Rd when he hit and clipped a kerb then a light pole before coming to rest under a tree on Boundary Rd about 9.30pm on Sunday, September 22..The rider, a 21-year-old man from Narre Warren South, died

Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance to help identify the driver of a ute that rammed a police car in Mount Martha.Officers attempted to intercept the stolen orange Toyota Hilux ute near the intersection of Nepean Hwy and Craigie Rd about 1.30am on September 13.After stopping momentarily, the ute turned

Police detected more than 1000 traffic offences as part of a major road policing operation during Victoria’s snow season.Operation Eastern Snow saw police highly visible, with enforcement targeted on roads heading to and from snowfields including Mt Buller, Falls Creek and Mount Hotham.Almost half of offences detected were for speeding, with the majority of drivers

Two teens have been charged after an alleged stolen car fled from police throughout Melbourne’s south-east on Monday morning last week (Sep. 23).Uniform officers, alongside Operation Trinity units, caught sight of an allegedly stolen orange Holden Colorado utility on the Monash Fwy in Narre Warren about 1.20am.The vehicle was observed driving along the Monash Fwy

A call to police from a member of the public has caught three men red handed, stealing copper in Kilsyth.A good Samaritan made a call regarding the suspect behaviour of three males on Mount Dandenong Rd around 12 Noon on Monday, September 23.The males, all wearing hi vis, had cordoned off a telecommunications pit with

Homicide Squad detectives arrested a boy following a fatal stabbing at a shopping centre in Melton West last Tuesday morning (Sep. 24).Emergency services were called to an outdoor food court area on High St just before 12 Noon.A 16-year-old Harkness boy was located with life threatening injuries, CPR was commenced, but he died at the