Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Pictured: Sam Abdulrahim Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Preston on Tuesday morning (Jan. 28). Emergency services were called to reports a man had been shot in a car park on High S in Preston shortly after 10.30am. A man died at the scene. He is believed…
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Police are investigating a fatal collision in Gisborne on Tuesday morning (Jan. 28). Emergency services were called to Bacchus Marsh Rd where a car and motorbike collided about 6.20am. The rider, a 35-year-old man from Corio, died at the scene. The male driver of the car stopped at the scene. He was taken to hospital…
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Whitehorse Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after an attempted carjacking in a fast-food restaurant car park in Forest Hill on Sunday, January 5. Investigators have been told the two victims were sitting inside their vehicle in the car park on Canterbury Rd about 8.10pm. The victims noticed a black Mercedes pull into the park…
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Detectives from the Financial Crime Squad have charged five people and seized four luxury vehicles worth over $600,000 as part of an investigation into fraudulent loan applications allegedly submitted to obtain the vehicles. Investigators will allege those involved were using fraudulent identity documents to submit loan applications to financial institutions to purchase high end vehicle…
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Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision in Princetown on Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 28). Emergency services were called to the Great Ocean Road after two vehicles collided head on about 3.40pm. The the driver of the first vehicle was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Their passenger died at…
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Boroondara Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a carjacking in Hawthorn on Saturday night, January 25. Investigators have been told a 38-year-old Templestowe man was parked in his vehicle, a special edition Holden Commodore, on Elgin St near Barkers Rd in Hawthorn just after 11pm. He was about to drive off when a blue Subaru…
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Six youths have been arrested following an aggravated burglary and theft of two vehicles in Melbourne’s north-east on Sunday night (Jan. 26). Local police and police dedicated to Operation Trinity were called to a property on Finlayson St in Rosanna about 4am. It is alleged the six youths entered the home before stealing keys to…
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Campaspe Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged car theft in Echuca last week. It is alleged the man stole the Mazda 2 sedan from a property on Hare St about 5.15am on Wednesday (Jan. 22). Police spotted the man in the allegedly stolen car in Bendigo on Friday (Jan. 24)…
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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Bundalong On Australia Day evening (Sun., jan. 26). Investigators have been told that a ute crashed into a parked truck on the Murray Valley Hwy about 7pm. The male driver of the ute was treated at the scene but could not be revived. The investigation…
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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Coleraine. Emergency services were called to the Glenelg Highway about 5pm Sunday (Jan. 26) after reports that a car had left the road and rolled. On arrival police located a female passenger in the vehicle. She was treated at the scene by ambulance crews but…
Read More about SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS: Fatal crash at Coleraine