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WYNDHAM: Shots fired at Werribee

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Westgate Divisional Response Unit officers have charged two men after shots were allegedly fired into the bedroom of a home in Werribee.A silver sedan arrived outside a property on Powlett St about 9.10pm on Friday, September 5.It is alleged three male occupants got out of the vehicle and fired multiple shots into the front window…

SOUTH: Police officer charged

A constable from Southern Metro Region has been charged following an internal investigation.The 23-year-old man has been charged with three counts of using a telecommunication service to harass.It is alleged the incident occurred in October last year while the officer was on-duty.He was charged on summons and is expected to appear before a magistrates’ court…

WEST: Drugs, shotgun seized at Truganina

Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad have charged a man and seized a sawn-off shotgun, an imitation handgun and drugs of dependence after a warrant was executed at a Truganina address on Monday (Oct. 6).The 45-year-old Truganina man was charged with possess firearm contrary to Firearm Prohibition Order, prohibited person possess firearm, prohibited person possess…

MOORABOOL: Truck rollover at Balliang

Friday, October 3, 2025

Police are investigating a fatal truck rollover in Balliang on Friday morning (Oct. 3).It is understood the truck lost control before it rolled on the Bacchus Marsh Rd about 11.35am.The driver and sole occupant of the truck died at the scene.Police are working to establish the exact circumstances of the incident.Anyone who witnessed the incident,…

BRIMBANK: Death at St Albans

Brimbank Highway Patrol officers are investigating a fatal crash in St Albans on Friday morning (Oct. 3).It is believed a car was travelling on Taylors Rd when it lost control and crashed into a wall at the intersection with East Esplanade, just before 8am.The driver and sole occupant died at the scene. An investigation into…

PORT PHILLIP: Affray at St Kilda

Port Phillip Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged affray in St Kilda.It is believed a person driving a silver Audi sedan south/west on Fitzroy St was allegedly approached by a man, about 12.30am on Sunday, September 28.Police allege the man attempted to open the driver’s door while in possession of…

HUME: Overloaded, and over the limit

Fawkner Highway Patrol officers caught two drink drivers in Roxburgh Park and Essendon Fields.Police intercepted a five-seater vehicle on Western Ring Road, Gladstone Park, with seven people onboard, after it was detected travelling 130-kmh in an 80-kmh speed zone about 3.45am on Saturday, September 27.The driver, a P2 probationary licence holder, tested positive for alcohol…

HUME: Police hunt for mosque burglar

Hume Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance to identify a man following two burglaries at a mosque in Meadow Heights.It is believed an unknown man forced entry to a mosque on Hudson Circuit about 2am on Wednesday, September 10.Once inside he forced entry to a donation box and safe inside the premises…

WYNDHAM: Armed robbery at Werribee

Wyndham Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested a man following an armed robbery in Werribee.The man, brandishing an axe, entered the second-hand-dealers store in Station Place where he threatened staff, about 2.15pm on Monday, September 29.He smashed several glass display cabinets before stealing a large quantity of jewellery and fleeing in a vehicle.The man was…

MELBOURNE: Pursuit into CBD

Investigators from Croydon Divisional Response Unit have charged four teenage males after tracking an allegedly stolen vehicle across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and CBD on Monday afternoon last week (Sep. 29).Police will allege the stolen BMW was driving erratically on the Eastern Fwy in Doncaster about 12.30pm.The BMW was followed into the CBD where it allegedly…