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GREATER BENDIGO: Teens to face Court

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Detectives from the Bendigo Crime Investigation Unit have arrested two people following two alleged assaults in Bendigo’s CBD. The two teenagers were arrested yesterday after an investigation into an alleged affray involving a group of teenagers on Bull St on February 9, where three victims were injured in the early hours of the morning. In…

PORTLAND: Man charged over assaults

Portland Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following two alleged carjackings and assaults in Portland earlier this week. Officers have been told a 35-year-old Portland man threw a rock at a café on Bentnick St about 8.20am on Tuesday (Mar. 11). It is believed the man upturned a plate of food onto a…

GREATER SHEPPARTON: Merrigum $35m crop goes up in smoke

The Australian Taxation Office, with support from Victoria Police’s VIPER Taskforce and the Australian Border Force, has seized and destroyed over 16 tonnes of illicit tobacco, with an estimated excise value of nearly $35 million. Two search warrants were executed on Thursday, March 6, at a property in Merrigum. A search of the property revealed…

WODONGA: Fatal crash at Bonegilla

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Bonegilla late Wednesday night (Mar. 12). Emergency services responded to reports of a vehicle crashing on Mahers Rd about 11.30pm. It is believed that the vehicle left the road and rolled. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene. Exact circumstances…

BASS COAST: Elderly Foster woman scammed – $130,000 taken

Bass Coast Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after a 91-year-old woman was scammed out of more than $130,000. The woman from Foster received a phone call from a person purporting to be from her bank on September 19. The scam caller advised the woman that fraudulent charges had been made on…

WHITEHORSE: Blood van stolen at Box Hill

Police have charged a man after a blood transportation van was alleged to have been stolen on Wednesday (Mar. 12). It is alleged the man stole the pathology vehicle, that was transporting blood donations, from Elgar Rd in Box Hill about 8pm. The vehicle allegedly fled the scene and was in the Richmond area. The…

MARIBYRNONG: $1 mil. campervan burglary at Braybrook

Maribyrnong Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a burglary and theft of more than $1M worth of campervans in Braybrook. It is believed seven Mercedes Sprinter campervans were stolen from a business on Ashley St between February 23-26. Each van is estimated to be worth about $150,000. Four of the campervans were recovered in the…

MELTON: Youths charged over Deanside burglaries

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Melton Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged three youths following a series of alleged aggravated burglaries in Deanside on Tuesday (Mar. 11). Investigators have been told that properties in Italianate Avenue, Kalinda Avenue and Marlee Drive were broken into during the early hours. An orange 2016 Ford Mustang, registration GTM-496 and a white 2014 Porsche…

HINDMARSH: Man charged after Dimboola collision

A second person has died in hospital following a fatal collision in Dimboola on March 3. It is alleged a Toyota Hilux towing a hay bailer and a Mazda sedan collided on the Western Hwy about 5pm. The driver of the Mazda, an 80-year-old Nhill woman, died at the scene. Her passenger, an 85-year-old Nhill…

WHITEHORSE: Man charged over Blackburn aggravated burglaries

Whitehorse Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following two alleged aggravated burglaries in Blackburn on Wednesday morning (Mar. 12). It is alleged a man forced entry into an apartment unit on John St, armed with a weapon, and confronted the occupant about 9.40am. He allegedly poured petrol onto the 31-year-old Blackburn man and…