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PORT PHILLIP: Police investigate car fire

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Port Phillip Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for assistance from the public as they continue to investigate a car fire which occurred in St Kilda. Officers have been told a Nissan Elgrand was parked on Chapel Street when it was set alight about 12.25am on October 17. Detectives have made a number of enquires…

FRANKSTON: Teens charged after car dumped

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Police have charged three teenagers following an aggravated burglary in St Andrews Beach on Sunday morning (Feb. 16)./ It is alleged the residents of the home woke to hear their Genesis being driven out of their driveway on Bass Meadows Boulevard, about 12.30am. Responding police spotted the stolen blue Genesis G70 sedan, about 15 minutes…

WYNDHAM: Fire linked to illegal tobacco dispute

Detectives from the Arson and Explosives Squad have released further CCTV and appealing for information following a fatal house fire in Truganina in January. Investigators are now of the belief that this arson attack was likely linked to the illicit tobacco dispute and will be working closely with Taskforce Lunar. Information received suggests it was…

CASEY: 5 charged after Narre Warren swimming pool assault

Casey Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged five people following an alleged assault at a swimming pool in Narre Warren. It is alleged a 19-year-old male lifeguard on duty was approached and assaulted by a group of youths around 5.50pm at the Park Rd premises on Sunday, January 19. He sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was…

NORTH-WEST: Crime syndicate dismantled

Monday, February 17, 2025

Police have dismantled an organised crime syndicate allegedly involved in a series of commercial burglaries targeting crypto ATMs and collector cards across Melbourne’s north west. Detectives from the North West Metro Regional Crime Squad arrested four people over the last week as part of their investigation into the commercial burglaries. It is alleged the group…

MELBOURNE: Visa breach alleged

Sunday, February 16, 2025

A Sudan-born man appeared before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Thursday (Feb. 13) harged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions.The man, 28, was arrested after he was located in Melbourne.It was alleged he breached conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to observe his residential curfew obligations and failing to maintain his…

CARDINIA: Probe into Pakenham shooting

Armed Crime Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting in Pakenham on Sunday morning (Feb. 16).Police have been told three men attended a Ripplebrook Walk address shortly after 1am.It is believed an altercation occurred between a male occupant from the address and the three men, resulting in one of the trio being shot.The…

STATEWIDE: No confidence vote in Chief Commissioner

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton was the subject of a vote of no confidence on Friday (Feb. 14).It means that Mr Patton will not be offered a second five-year contract by the State Labor Government.More than 12,000 rank-and-file members are said to have participated in the vote.Police Minister Anthony Carbines said he acknowledged the…

HUME: Somerton road rage arrests

Police have arrested two men following a road rage incident where the victim was allegedly assaulted by a group of motorcyclists.It is understood a man was travelling north on Sydney Rd in a black Volkswagen Golf sedan when a group of motorcyclists drove erratically in front of him about 10.30pm.There was allegedly an altercation between…

WEST: Erratic at 170-kmh

Police arrested a man in a vehicle in Melbourne’s northwest on Friday afternoon.Officers responded to multiple calls that a red Ford Falcon was driving at speed and erratically in the vicinity of Princes Freeway, Winchelsea about 12:20pm.It is alleged the Ford continued to drive at speed, running red lights and erratically through numerous Geelong suburbs,…