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BOROONDARA: Charges over Camberwell home invasion

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Eastern Region Crime Squad detectives have charged a teenager following a home invasion in Camberwell.The 16-year-old boy from the Casey area was charged with 18 offences including aggravated home invasion, burglary, criminal damage, theft of motor vehicle, assault with a weapon, aggravated burglary, attempted aggravated burglary, trespass, theft from motor vehicle and attempted theft from…

GREATER GEELONG: Bag of firearms at Whittington

A man has been charged and remanded after police in Geelong executed a warrant in Whittington on Thursday (Nov. 27).Officers were investigating after a bag containing firearms was discovered in a street in Whittington.As a result of their investigation officers executed a warrant at an address in Alouette Court, Whittington.  A 29-year-old man was taken…

LATROBE: Morning drinks for woman, 60

Police were performing a routine intercept in Traralgon when they discovered a driver almost five times over the limit on Wednesday morning (Nov. 26).Officers intercepted the vehicle on Cross’s Rd about 10.20am to perform a random breath test.The driver, a 60-year-old woman, returned a positive preliminary breath test before returning to a nearby station for…

GREATER GEELONG: Burglary at Anakie poultry farm

Geelong Divisional Response officers arrested two people on Thursday (Nov. 27) following an alleged burglary at a poultry farm in Anakie on November 8 .It is alleged offenders gained entry to the property on Carrs Rd and stole a number of baby chicks about 11pm.A 34-year-old Southbank man and a 31-year-old St Kilda woman were…

MERRI-BEK: Bowman busted

Merri-Bek Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested and charged a man following a warrant in Glenroy.Detectives received a report that on a number of occasions since August, arrows had been fired into the grounds of a school on Hilton St, Glenroy.No one was injured by any of the sporadic volleys and it is alleged they…

MELBOURNE: Charges over sexual assaults

Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives have charged a man after two women were sexually assaulted and raped in Melbourne this year.The 36-year-old Melbourne man has been charged with five counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault.He was remanded to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on January 2026.The charges relate…

METRO: Thieves target medical centres

Police have busted an alleged serial thief who targeted medical facilities across Melbourne to steal payment terminals.Detectives from the North West Meto Regional Crime Squad have been investigating a series of burglaries at medical facilities, occurring between August 30 and September 14.The thefts occurred at medical facilities right across Melbourne, including Bruns-wick, Camberwell, Mordialloc, Seabrook…

NORTH-WEST: Air Wing in chase across suburbs

Police arrested a man following an extended follow in Melbourne’s north-western suburbs last Tuesday morning (Nov. 25).Officers spotted a Toyota Camry allegedly driving at a fast rate of speed on York St in Moonee Ponds about 1.20am.The Air Wing followed the vehicle through the suburbs of Aberfeldie, Essendon West, Avondale Heights, Essendon, Brunswick West, Brunswick,…

BRIMBANK: Stolen car in St Albans drive thru

Police arrested a man and woman in an allegedly stolen car at a St Albans drive- Officers were patrolling Paringa Drive when they observed the allegedly stolen Subaru about 1.50am.They continued to follow the vehicle into a drive-thru bottle shop on Sunshine Avenue and attempted to intercept the car.The Subaru came to a dead-end and…

MELBOURNE: $11,000 scooter taken in CBD burglary

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a burglary and theft in Melbourne West.It is understood an unknown male offender gained access to an underground carpark on Spencer St between 3.30am and 3.45am on Thursday, November 20.Officers believe that once inside the carpark, the male stole a mobility scooter worth more than $11,000.The scooter is…