Police News

WEST: Officers charged with negligent mansalughter

Friday, September 12, 2025

Detectives from Homicide Squad have charged two police officers with negligent manslaughter following the death of a man in Hoppers Crossing last year.The two police officers – a 29-year-old male constable and 45-year-old male sergeant, both from North West Metro Region – have been suspended from Victoria Police since July last year.Both officers have been…

WHITTLESEA: Mernda Police Station ‘closed’

Thursday, September 11, 2025

“Mernda police station is supposed to be a 24-hour station offering all-day coverage across the Whittlesea police service area. But when Liberal leader Brad Battin visited the station, the door was shut in the middle of the day, the lights were off and a big red sign said ‘Closed’,” Northern Victoria MLC Wendy Lovell has…

SOUTH-EAST: Driving blind

A driver has been arrested after allegedly fleeing from police for more than 8km with his bonnet uplifted and blocking his windscreen in Melbourne’s south early on Wednesday morning (Sep. 10).Cranbourne uniform members were on patrol when they came across a vehicle with a badly damaged front-end driving through Cranbourne West about 12.20am.They did a…

PORT PHILLIP: Skateboard crash at St Kilda West

Prahran Highway Patrol officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a skateboarder was seriously injured in St Kilda West on Wednesday (Sep. 10).Investigators have been told a man was riding an electrically-powered skateboard on Pier Rd.It is believed that the rider, who was not wearing a helmet, lost control and crashed about 8.45am.The…

SOUTH-EAST: Joyride arrests

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Two men have been arrested after an extended follow in Melbourne’s southeast.The Air Wing first spotted the allegedly stolen Subaru Outback driving erratically on South Rd in Bentleigh about 1.50am on Monday (Sep. 8).The vehicle was followed across Bentleigh, Ormond, Carnegie, Murrum-beena and Hughesdale, where it briefly stopped on Kangaroo Rd.The driver and passenger swapped…

VICTORIA: Constable charged

Monday, September 8, 2025

A senior constable from a specialist department has been charged following an internal investigation.The man has been charged with two counts of sexual assault, course of conduct sexual assault, sexual activity in the presence of a child under 16 and common law assault.It is alleged the incident occurred between June 2023 and November 2024 while…

BANYULE: Man charged over Ivanhoe murder

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man in relation to a death in Ivanhoe on Tuesday last week (Sep. 2)Emergency services were called to a property on Linden Avenue about 6pm after the deceased man was located.The 26-year-old Cranbourne man was arrested following a pursuit in Pakenham on Sunday morning (Sep. 7).He has been charged…

SOUTH: Burglary blitz

Friday, September 5, 2025

Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a string of burglaries in southern metro region.The burglaries occurred on two separate days with incidents occurring in Thompson Rise, Parkdale, and Hornby St, Brighton East, between 2.30pm and 3.40pm on August 8 and in Rowans Rd, Moorabbin and Mawby Rd, Bentleigh East, on…

KINGSTON: Half kilo of cocaine at Chelsea home

Three people have been arrested – one facing serious drug trafficking charges – after police seized half a kilogram of cocaine and a suitcase full of cash from a home in Chelsea.Detectives from the Caulfield Divisional Response Unit executed two search warrants at a home on Embankment Grove, Chelsea and on Wren Rd, Moorabbin, from…

BRIMBANK: Death at St Albans

Detectives from the Homicide Squad are investigating after a man died at a hospital in St Albans early on Thursday morning (Sep. 4).Police were called after a man presented to the Furlong Rd hospital with serious injuries about 2.45am. The 20-year-old Tarneit man died a short time later.Exact circumstances surrounding his death are still being…