Police News

MITCHELL: Stolen car recovered at Broadford

Friday, October 17, 2025

Two men have been charged after a stolen vehicle was spotted allegedly speeding around Shepparton in the early hours on Friday morning (Oct. 17).The stolen white Holden ute was seen driving on Wyndham St about 12.45am.Officers attempted to intercept the vehicle before the driver allegedly turned off the Holden’s headlights and took off.The Holden drove…

WEST: female charged after car tracked from South Melbourne to Norlane

Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a woman after an allegedly stolen vehicle was tracked from South Melbourne to a Norlane car park where a man attempted to carjack four vehicles on Friday afternoon (Oct. 17).Officers were conducting patrols for a suspicious loiter when they observed an allegedly stolen grey Haval on Dorcas and…

DAREBIN: Woman arrested after Reservoir stabbing

Detectives have arrested a woman after a man was found with life-threatening injuries in Reservoir on Thursday night (Oct. 16).Emergency services responded to reports of a man found with injuries consistent with a stab wound in the vicinity of Reservoir Railway Station about 8.45pm.The man was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries.Detectives arrested a…

WYNDHAM: All washed up

Police have arrested a man and a woman after a stolen vehicle was tracked to a Werribee car wash late Thursday night (Oct. 16).Officers on patrol first caught sight of a stolen silver Ford Territory driving on Kororoit Creek Rd in Williams-town about 11.35pm.The Ford was spotted driving over the speed limit in the vicinity…

WHITEHORSE: Raid at Burwood

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Box Hill Police seized over $40,000 worth of illegal vapes and nicotine pouches in Burwood early on Wednesday morning (Oct. 15).Officers on patrol spotted a black Mercedes wagon driving erratically near the intersection of Station St and Burwood Rd about 4am.Checks on the vehicle revealed the Mercedes had a suspended registration.Police pulled over the vehicle…

WHITTLESEA: 3 men charged after man presents at hospital at Epping

Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad have charged three men as part of their investigation after a man self-presented to an Epping hospital with a gunshot wound.Police have been told a 37-year-old man arrived about 12.30am on Monday, October 13, with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his upper body.Circumstances surrounding how the man obtained his…

WHITTLESEA: Hit-run at Epping

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Greensborough Highway Patrol officers are investigating a hit and run collision that left a 54-year-old motorcyclist with serious injuries in Epping on Tuesday (Oct. 14).The rider was turning right from Edgars Rd onto Oherns Rd when the driver of a VW Golf or VW Polo overtook the rider about 10.15am.The VW collided with the rider…

SOUTH-EAST: Charges over North Caulfield seizures

Detectives charged two people in relation to an alleged burglary in Bundoora on July 27.Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives, Mill Park Divisional Response Unit officers and Melbourne West uniform officers executed a search warrant at a property on Dandenong Rd in Caulfield North on October 10.Police arrested two people and seized a number of items,…

YARRA: Woman charged over wigs theft

Police have charged woman following a theft of wigs at Richmond.The arrest comes after a woman allegedly entered the Lennox St business on 22 September around 3.30pm.It is alleged the woman placed four wigs into her jacket and a bag and left the store, accompanied by a man waiting outside for her.The wigs were in…

EAST: Hills breath blitz

Road policing officers took to the streets of Emerald, Cockatoo and Gembrook over the October 11-12 weekend as part of Operation Medusa.Police breath tested 1526 drivers and were happy to discover only one of them exceeded the prescribed content of alcohol; a 49-year-old Cockatoo man received an infringement notice after providing an alleged reading of…