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MELBOURNE: Lewd act on City Loop

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a man performed a lewd act on board a train in Melbourne’s CBD. It is understood a man directed sexual activity towards a woman on the City Loop train between Melbourne Central and Flinders St railway stations about 8.20am on April 12. The 19-year-old female victim was…

GREATER DANDENONG: Attempted carjacking

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for witnesses after a violent attempted carjacking in Dandenong on Sunday night (May 18). Investigators have been told the female was putting petrol in her car at a service station on the Princes HWy near Potter St when a white Ford EcoSport with no registration plates pulled up…

SOUTH-EAST: 4 teens arerested

Police have charged two teenagers after allegedly attempting to avoid arrest in multiple stolen cars that were followed across several suburbs for more than four hours. Patrolling officers first sighted an allegedly stolen Mazda CX-5 on Warrigal R\d, Oakleigh on Sunday (May 18) about 10pm. Police attempted to intercept the vehicle, but the driver allegedly…

STATEWIDE: 55 impaired drivers caught

Police caught 55 drink and drug drivers during a major road policing operation in Laverton over the weekend. Operation Leviathan, which was conducted over Friday and Saturday night, saw police conducting high volume alcohol and drug testing on the Princes Fwy, targeting impaired drivers. Police conducted 3454 preliminary breath tests, with 52 caught exceeding the…

MERRI-BEK: Man charged following Glenroy death

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a 23-year-old man from Glenroy with murder after a man was located deceased at a residence in Glenroy earlier on Monday (May 19). Officers attended the residence on Mitchell St around 4.40am to conduct a welfare check and located a deceased 28-year-old man. The 23-year-old was arrested by NSW police…

MELBOURNE: Visa breaches

Monday, May 19, 2025

A Sudan-born man was set to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Thursday (May 15) charged with \failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the man, 43, \after he was located in Melbourne and arrested by Victoria Police, with the assistance of the AFP, on an unrelated matter. It will be alleged…

MORNINGTON PENINSULA: Off-duty officer rescues two at Rosebud

An off-duty police officer has leapt to the rescue of two swimmers in trouble off Rosebud Pier on Sunday afternoon (May 18). The 31-year-old man and 15-year-old boy from Traralgon were on a family outing when they decided to enter the water about 4.10pm. The teenager had little to no swimming experience and quickly got…

CASEY: Motorcyclist airlifted

Casey Highway Patrol are appealing for witness and dashcam vision after a motorcyclist was left fighting for life following a collision in Berwick on Sunday (May 18). Police have been told the rider was travelling west on O’Shea’s R\d when they collided with a car at the intersection of Bridgewater Boulevard, \about 5.50pm. The male…

WHITTLESEA: Aggravated carjacking at Epping

Four teenagers have been arrested by police following an affray and series of attempted aggravated carjackings in a shopping centre carpark in Epping on Sunday (May 18). Detectives from Mill Park Divisional Response Unit have charged two of the four teens while the two others are expected to be charged on summons. A 15-year-old boy…

SPORT: Western FNL scores

Division 2. Seniors. Albanvale 10.8 (68) d West Footscray 5.12 (42). Braybrook 10.11 (71) d Western Rams 8.13 (61). Laverton Magpies 16.8 (104) d Sunshine Heights 11.4 (70). Wyndhamvale 31.28 (214) d Tarneit 1.0 (6). North Footscray 14.11 (95) d Suns 5.6 (36).