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MERRI-BEK: Skateboard rider, 43, dies

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in Coburg on Thursday night (May 15).It is understood a car and skateboard rider collided at the intersection of Moreland Rd and Gordon St about 7.30pm.A 43-year-old Pascoe Vale South man believed to be the skateboard rider died at the scene.A man believed to be the…

GLEN EIRA: Murrumbeena hit-run ouctome

Moorabbin Highway Patrol officers have charged a man following a hit-run collision that left a child with serious injuries in Murrumbeena.A boy was riding his bicycle on a pedestrian crossing when he was allegedly struck by a car near the intersection of Railway Parade and Ardyne St about 3.30pm on May 1.It is alleged the…

PORT PHILLIP: 7 charged after Port Melbourne incident

Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged seven people after a man was located with serious injuries in Port Melbourne on Friday morning (May16).The five men and two women have each been charged with the following offences:

MILDURA: 20 arrested in drugs sting

Police have arrested 20 people and laid 42 charges during a major police operation targeting outlaw motorcycle gang and organised criminal entities across north-west Victoria.The operation – which ran from Monday -Friday (May 12-16)\ – saw Crime Command’s VIPER Taskforce team up with the Mildura Crime Investigation Unit and Divisional Response Unit to track down…

MOIRA: Fatal crash at Waggarandall

Police are investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Waggarandall early Sunday morning (May 18).Emergency services were notified a vehicle had left the road and struck a tree near the intersection of Katandra Main and Evans Rds at 5.48am.Themale driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, died at the scene.Investigations into the circumstances surrounding…

SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS: Murder charge at Hamilton

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man with murder following the discovery of a woman’s body at a property in Hamilton on Thursday evening (May 15).The 48-year-old man appeared before court on Saturda(May 17) and was remanded in custody.The charges follow the death of a woman who was found at a property on the Henty…

WYNDHAM: Serious collision at Tarneit

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a serious collision involving a stolen vehicle in Tarneit on Sunday (May 18).Emergency services were called to reports a Haval Jolion collided with a Toyota Camry before crashing into a pole at the intersection of Doherty’s Rd and Werribee-Melton Rd about 1.25am.Two male occupants from the Haval…

KINGSTON: $2.5m dope seized from Moridalloc factory

Police have dismantled a sophisticated cannabis crop inside a Mordialloc factory, seizing hundreds of plants worth $2.5 million.Detectives from Caulfield Divisional Response Unit with assistance from the Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit executed a search warrant at the rental factory on De Havilland St about 7am on Friday (May 16).It followed a public tip-off.Officers uncovered a…

BOROONDARA: Police investigate Kew burglary

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Boroondara Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a burglary in Kew.It is understood an unknown man attended a residence on Derby St about 2.50pm on Thursday, February 6.Officers have been told the man forced open a lockbox, before using the keys inside to gain access to the unoccupied premises.Once inside, the…

MELBOURNE: Burger with the lot

A man has been charged after allegedly stealing a man’s vehicle while he was ordering a burger in the city in the early hours of Wednesday morning (May 14).South Melbourne Police charged the 39-year-old man with theft of motor vehicle, handling and receiving stolen goods, possessing proceeds of crime, committing an indictable offence while on…