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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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Moorabbin Highway Patrol officers thought they had heard it all before an alleged speeding driver declared he was busting for a wee and didn’t realise what the speed limit was.Police caught sight of a white Volkswagen driving at speed on Hotham St in Balaclava about 11.30pm on Tuesday (Nov. 11).The Volkswagen was clocked travelling at…
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Broadmeadows police have charged a man after a shotgun was seized from a vehicle in Dallas.Officers were called to reports a man slumped over in the driver’s seat of stationary vehicle in a carpark off Dobell Place about 8pm on Tuesday (Nov. 11).Initial reports suggested the man may have been subject to an overdose.Police arrived…
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Professional Standards Command detectives have charged a Protective Services Officer following a collision in Truganina last year.The sergeant, from Transit Safety Command, allegedly falsely nominated the driver involved in a collision on October 6, 2024, while off-duty.He was charged on summons with attempt to pervert the course of justice and obtain financial advantage by deception.The…
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A man has been charged after a security guard was allegedly assaulted at a Wantirna South shopping centre precinct on Cup Day.The 19-year-old was arrested after he was found asleep in a car which had allegedly been broken into at Ringwood.Detectives from the Knox Crime Investigation Unit later charged the Thornbury man with 12 offences…
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n Police from Endeavour Hills were left shaking their heads after they picked up a drunk driver more than six times over the limit in Narre Warren North on Wednesday morning (Nov. 12).The woman was first spotted driving on the Monash Freeway, near Ernest Wanke Rd, unable to stay within her lane about 10am. Officers…
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Police are investigating two incidents where an unknown man has filmed two women inside change rooms in South Yarra and Richmond.Detectives have been told the first woman was inside a change room at a shopping centre in Victoria St in Richmond.It is believed the unknown man used a mobile phone to capture the woman underneath…
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Police attended at the scene fatal crash on the Eastern Freeway in Box Hill North.Emergency services were called to reports of a car crashing into a stationary truck near roadworks on the Eastern Fwy, inbound between Middleborough and Tram Rds, about 1am Thursday (Nov. 13).The driver and sole occupant of the car, died at the…
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Bayside police officers arrested the alleged driver of a speeding vehicle in Melbourne’s southern suburbs in the early hours of Thursday morning (Nov. 13).Police caught sight of a white Holden Commodore in the back streets of Brighton about 1.30am.The Holden was allegedly spotted at speeds exceeding 200-kmh on the Nepean Hwy.The vehicle was later seen…
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Westgate Divisional Response Unit detectives charged seven boys following an alleged series of aggravated burglaries at 24-hour gym facilities in Melbourne’s west.It is alleged that 14 incidents involved offenders using stolen gym passes and following gym members into gyms on Hummingbird Boulevard, Tarneit; Derrimut Rd, Tarneit; and Old Geelong Rd in Hoppers Crossing between September…
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The Australian federal Police and Victoria Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a man who absconded on bail while facing charges for his alleged role in a failed plot to import 140 kilograms of methamphetamine.The County Court has issued an arrest warrant for James Robert Charles Tims, 37, after his failure to…
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