Police News

BALLARAT: Upskirting offences alleged

Monday, February 10, 2025

Ballarat Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team have charged a man following a series of upskirting incidents in Ballarat and Melbourne. Police will allege the man filmed a number of victims at various recreational facilities and retail businesses between January 1 and February 7. Investigators will allege the material was captured without the victim’s…

WHITEHORSE: Stabbing at Forest Hill

Whitehorse Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for witnesses and dashcam vision after a man was left with serious injuries following a stabbing in Forest Hill last week. It is understood the victim was walking home from work on Mahoneys Road when a car pulled alongside him on Thursday (Feb. 6) about 10.10pm. The offender…

STRATHBOGIE: Sunday fatality at Avenel

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Avenel on Sunday morning (Feb. 9).A passer-by called emergency services to Avenel-Nagambie Rd, after noticing a crashed vehicle, just before 10am.It appears the driver of a utility had lost control and crashed into a tree before it came to rest on its roof.The driver, who…

WYNDHAM: Driver blows .326 at Hoppers Crossing

Police have caught an alleged drink driver who got behind the wheel almost seven times over the legal limit, before being involved in a collision in Hoppers Crossing.It is understood a silver Mazda and a utility collided on the Princes Fwy about 11.20pm on Saturday (Feb. 8). The Mazda then crashed into a pole.There were…

YARRA: Carjack bid in Bendigo St

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Melbourne Divisional Response Unit have charged two teenagers following alleged attempted carjackings and a collision in a stolen vehicle in Richmond on Friday afternoon (Feb. 7).It is alleged a stolen white Subaru Outback wagon pulled up behind a blue BMW on Bendigo St about 1.30pm.A male occupant of the Subaru allegedly got out of the…

MORNINGTON PENINSULA: Safety Beach duo charged

Friday, February 7, 2025

Mornington Divisional Response Unit officers have charged a man and woman following a warrant in Safety Beach where they allegedly located a commercial quantity of 1,4 Butanediol and a stolen shotgun.A search warrant was executed at a property on Rymer Avenue on Wednesday (Feb. 5) about 1pm.Officers allegedly located a stolen shotgun concealed in an…

GREATER DANDENONG: Drugs, firearms parts seized at Noble Park

Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad last week served a Firearm Prohibition Order on a Noble Park man, locating cartridge ammunition, a shotgun receiver and what appears to be methylamphetamine.Investigators attended the Noble Park address to serve the FPO before a search of the premises located the items.A 41-year-old Noble Park man was charged with…

HUME: Road rage at Roxburgh Park

Police are appealing for public assistance and dashcam footage as they investigate a road rage incident where a man was assaulted in Roxburgh Park on Thursday (Feb. 6).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…

MERRI-BEK: Fake plate racket busted

n Some 26 stolen cars have been recovered and more than 130 false number plates seized as part of a regular car theft operation in Mel-bourne’s inner northern suburbs.Uniform police have been running Operation Boston in Merri-bek since August last year, utilising Automatic Number Plate Recognition Technology to rapidly scan vehicles and identify if they…

MORNINGTON PENMINSULA: Teen terror at Somerville

Police arrested three teenage boys after they allegedly pointed imitation handguns at people in a Somerville shopping centre on Thursday.It is alleged the boys stole the imitation guns from a store inside the centre on Eramosa Rd about 10.40am.The boys are said to have pointed the guns at members of the public as they moved…