Police News

ALPINE: Fatal crash at Falls Creek

Monday, March 10, 2025

Police are investigating a fatal bicycle crash which occurred in Falls Creek on Sunday (Mar. 9). Officers were called to Bogong High Plains Road after reports a bicycle had left the road about 7pm. A male rider was located and treated at the scene but could not be revived. Exact circumstances surrounding the crash are…

NILLUMBIK: $100,000 fake offer sent to Council

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Police are investigating a bogus letter sent to Nillumbik Council in which it was claimed a local philanthropist would donate $100,000 towards a bronze statute of the late Sigmund Jorgensen.The letter, falsely mailed in the name of an Eltham man, called on Councillors to spend local government funds on a statue at Diamond Hills Reserve…

BAW BAW: Man dies, pulled unresponsive from water at Willow Grove

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a man in Willow Grove on Sunday afternoon (Mar. 9). A man was found unresponsive in Blue Rock Lake near Old Tanjil Road about 1.30pm. Passersby performed CPR but the man died at the scene. Exact circumstances surrounding the death are yet to…

MERRI-BEK: Death at Glenroy

A man has died in hospital following a suspected medical episode in Glenroy on Saturday afternoon (Mar. 8).Police attended Chapman Avenue to reports of a man lying on the road about 2.40pm.Officers located the man, who appeared to be acting erratically, and he was taken into custody by police so appropriate medical treatment could be…

ARARAT: Fatal crash at Buangor

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision in Buangor on Saturday afternoon (Mar. 8). It is understood two vehicles collided on the Western Hwy about 5.10pm. The driver of the first vehicle died at the scene. The driver of the second vehicle was extracted and airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Exact circumstances…

EAST: Sen. Constable charged with theft

A senior constable from Eastern Region has been charged following an internal investigation. The 34-year-old woman has been charged with one count of shop steal. The charge relates to an alleged theft from a Chirnside Park supermarket while off-duty on July 18 last year. She will appear before a Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

ALPINE: Fatal crash in Buffalo River

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Police are investigating after a person was located deceased in an overturned car in Buffalo River on Saturday morning (Mar. 8). The car was spotted by a passerby in waters off Buffalo River Rd about 9am. Search and Rescue Squad officers were deployed to the scene to conduct a search of the vehicle. One person…

BAYSIDE: Firearms, drugs crackdown – 15 charged

Police have seized illegal firearms, ammunition, explosive devices, and drugs, resulting in the arrests of 15 people subject to Firearms Prohibition Orders in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs. Investigators from the Caulfield Divisional Response Unit – with assistance from the Public Order Response Team and general duties officers – conducted 30 compliance checks on people already known…

BASS COAST: Rescued woman charged

Wonthaggi police have a charged woman with a number of offences after she was rescued while fishing in Foster in the early hours of Monday, March 3. It is believed the woman drove to Foster Beach and got into trouble while fishing for garfish at Foster Beach sometime overnight. Officers have been told the woman,…

MANNINGHAM: 3 drink drivers nabbed at East Doncaster

It was busy for Police on Friday night (Mar. 7), operating a random breath testing site in East Doncaster. Officers first waved in two men in separate vehicles at the site on Reynolds Rd about 6.30pm. The men each undertook a preliminary breath test, before both undertaking evidentiary breath tests. The first man, a 28-year-old…