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WEST: 7 charged after gym burglaries

Friday, November 14, 2025

Westgate Divisional Response Unit detectives charged seven boys following an alleged series of aggravated burglaries at 24-hour gym facilities in Melbourne’s west.It is alleged that 14 incidents involved offenders using stolen gym passes and following gym members into gyms on Hummingbird Boulevard, Tarneit; Derrimut Rd, Tarneit; and Old Geelong Rd in Hoppers Crossing between September…

BRIMBANK: Last seen in Sunshine

The Australian federal Police and Victoria Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a man who absconded on bail while facing charges for his alleged role in a failed plot to import 140 kilograms of methamphetamine.The County Court has issued an arrest warrant for James Robert Charles Tims, 37, after his failure to…

HOBSONS BAY: Ran red light at Brooklyn

Running a red light is a bad and dangerous idea at the best of times, let alone when driving unlicensed and under the influence of drugs.Westgate Highway Patrol officers spotted a black Holden Commodore sedan driving through a red light on Francis St in Brooklyn about 10.30pm Thursday (Novg. 13).The vehicle was pulled over and…

MOONEE VALLEY: Machete attack at Essendon

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Moonee Valley Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a man was slashed with a machete by an unknown man in Essendon on Thursday morning (Nov. 13).Officers have been told the victim was at a car wash on Mount Alexander Rd when a vehicle pulled up in the entrance about 9am.An unknown male offender, armed…

BAYSIDE: Lewd act at Brighton

Bayside Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives are investigating after a man commit a lewd act in Brighton on Saturday, November 1.The man climbed a residential fence and inappropriately touched himself while looking through the window of a home in the vicinity of New and Kinnane Sts at 2.18pm.The quick-thinking female victim managed…

MAROONDAH: Robbery at Ringwood

Knox Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged two boys after a robbery in Ringwood.Police responded to reports a group of alleged offenders assaulted victims and stole a jumper in the food court of a shopping centre on the Maroondah Hwy about 4.30pm on Thursday (Nov. 13)It was reported one of the alleged offenders made claims of…

STONNINGTON: Men exposed themselves

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Bayside Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives are appealing for public assistance to identify two men after they sexually exposed themselves in Melbourne’s south.Police have been told; two unknown males were near Chapel St in South Yarra when both males exposed themselves about 12 Noon on August 25Detectives believe one of the men…

KNOX: CFMEU arrest at Ferntree Gully

n Detectives from Taskforce Hawk have charged a man as part of an investigation into alleged financial misconduct linked to the CFMEU training wing in Port Melbourne.Information was provided by CFMEU investigators to police by last month and detectives from Taskforce Hawk subsequently commenced an investigation.A warrant was executed on Friday morning (Nov. 7) at…

MITCHELL: Fatality on Tooborac Rd

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Puckapunyal on Friday afternoon (Nov. 7).It is understood that a car crashed into a tree off Seymour-Tooborac Rd about 3.55pm.The driver died at the scene. Two children, who were passengers of the vehicle, were airlifted to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.The investigation into the…

CASEY: Stabbing at Narre Warren South

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an alleged stabbing which occurred in Narre Warren South on Friday evening (Nov. 7)..Investigators have been told a man and a woman were sitting in a car on The Esplanade about 10.40pm.Officers have been told a man known to the couple approached the vehicle and started assaulting the male…