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MANSFIELD: Teen injured at Tolmie

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a crash in Tolmie which has left a teenager with critical injuries.Officers were called to the Mansfield-Whitfield Rd scene, between Sawpit Gully and Spring Creek Rds just before 3am on Saturday, January 24.Investigators believe the vehicle was travelling north when it impacted a tree causing…

HUME: Twice the limit at Bulla

Police nabbed a drink driver over twice the limit in Bulla.Officers initially detected the 56-year-old driver allegedly travelling at 99-kmh in a 60-kmh zone along Bulla Rd about 3pm on Saturday, January 24.The driver was pulled over and undertook a preliminary breath test, which returned a positive result.An evidentiary breath text was then performed, which…

GOULBURN VALLEY: Man arrested after suspicious fires

Police have arrested a man following a series of fires in the Goulburn Valley region.It is alleged five fires were deliberately lit on Shepp-arton-Barmah Rd during the early hours of Friday January 23 and Saturday January 24.The alleged incidents include:n two deliberately lit grass fires in Kaarimba that occured between 5am and 5.40am on Friday…

BALLARAT: Non-fatal shooting at Sebastopol

Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged a man following a non-fatal shooting in Sebastopol. With assistance from the Special Operations Group, a 30-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman were taken into custody at a Delacombe address. The man was interviewed and subsequently charged with reckless conduct endanger life, intentionally cause injury, recklessly cause injury, common…

CITY: Monuments vandalised at Flagstaff Gardens

Police are investigating after two monuments at Flagstaff Gardens were damaged in West Melbourne.It is believed machinery was used to pull down the Pioneer monument which was then vandalised between 10pm on Wednesday January 21 and 6am Thursday January 22.The nearby Separation Memorial was also defaced with red paint.A crime scene was established and the…

MELBOURNE: 5 arrests after brawl

Melbourne Divisional Response Unit detectives have arrested five men in relation to an alleged serious affray at a Southbank licensed premises.It is alleged that a brawl took place overnight on November 15 at the premises on Southbank Boulevard.It is alleged that four males from NSW were assaulted in a bathroom by two males, before the…

GREATER BENDIGO: Fatal collision at Lockwood

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatal collision in Lockwood.It is understood a white Ford Territory and white Toyota Hilux dual cab collided on Crusoe Rd about 9.30am on Thursday, January 22.The female passenger of the Territory died at the scene.The male driver of the Territory was taken to hospital with minor injuries.The…

MELTON: 13-year-old charged with sexual assault

Police have charged a boy following an alleged series of obscene exposures and sexual assaults in Melton.Detectives from the Brimbank Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team executed a search warrant at a property in the Melton area, arresting a 13-year-old boy on Thursday morning, January 22.It follows a series of incidents at Navan Park…

YARRA RANGES: Police car rammed at Lilydale

Five teens were arrested after they allegedly rammed a marked police vehicle in a stolen car in Lilydale.Officers initially observed the Ford Focus travelling on the Maroondah Hwy about 1.30pm on Thursday, January 22.The Ford became stuck in traffic and police attempted to box it in with their vehicle.It is alleged the stolen Ford rammed…

GREATER GEELONG: Stolen van nabbed

The alleged driver of a stolen van has been arrested following a collision in Geelong South.Officers attempted to intercept a Toyota van on Wilsons Road in Newcomb around midnight on Thursday, Januaryc 22.It is alleged the van took off at a fast rate of speed on the wrong side of the road.A short time later…