Archives for January 2025

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BALLARAT: Fatal smash at Wendouree

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating following a fatal collision in Wendouree on Thursday morning (Jan. 30). Emergency services were called to Creswick Rd where a ute and motorbike collided about 6am. The rider, a 50-year-old Brown Hill man, died at the scene. The driver of the ute, a 38-year-old Miners Rest man, was…

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MELTON: Burnside Heights shooting probe

Homicide Squad detectives have released CCTV of a vehicle as part of their investigation into a fatal shooting in Burnside Heights last year. Emergency services were initially called to reports of a man with a gunshot wound outside a property on Tenterfield Drive about 9.10pm on August 2. A member of the public was flagged…

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HOBSONS BAY: Police investigate Altona Wetlands fire

Hobsons Bay Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a large grassfire at a wetlands reserve in Altona on Wednesday morning (Jan. 29). Emergency services were called to reports of a fire at the reserve near Bell Avenue about 2am. Several hectares of grassland were burnt and the fire took over two hours to be deemed…

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MELBOURNE: Serial car thefts – man arrested

An alleged serial car thief who allegedly broke into almost 40 vehicles across multi-level CBD carparks over the past several months has been arrested. The 34-year-old Collingwood man was arrested by officers from the Melbourne Proactive Policing Unit and Neighbourhood Policing Team on Tuesday morning (Jan. 28) and is facing 70 charges. The arrest comes…

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MONASH: Gang member charged after road rage

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Detectives from the Echo Taskforce charged a patched member of the Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Gang overnight following two separate incidents, one where a firearm was produced. The first incident occurred around 12.15pm on Saturday, October 19, 2024, when a number of members of the Mongols OMCG were travelling inbound on the Monash Fwy near the…

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BOROONDARA: Cyclist killed at Kew

Police are investigating a fatal crash in Kew last week. It is understood a cyclist was travelling along Yarra Boulevard when he crashed into an unoccupied parked car about 8.20am on Tuesday, January 21. The cyclist, a 70-year-old East Malvern man, was taken to hospital where he died the next day. An investigation into the…

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MACEDON RANGES: Memorial plaques stolen from Gisborne cemetery

Police are investigating after heartless thieves stole memorial plaques from a cemetery in Gisborne earlier this week. Investigators believe eight plaques were stolen from the cemetery on Aitken St sometime between 10am on January 23 and 12 Noon on January 28. The plaques, worth approximately $250 each, are thought to be made out of cast…