Police News

BASS COAST: Woman dies at San Remo

Friday, April 18, 2025

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a woman in San Remo on Good Friday morning (Apr. 18). Emergency services were called to a beach off Punch Bowl Rd about 8.30am after reports two women and a man had been washed off rocks and were in the water. One of…

WYNDHAM: Fatality at Werribee

Police report a fatal crash in Werribee on Good Friday morning (Apr. 18).It is understood a car crashed into a lamp post, then into a parked vehicle on Sneydes Rd about 11.20am.The male driver died at the scene. Two male passengers were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Exact circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated.

WEST: Man charged over crime spree

Melton Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a spate of burglaries in Melton and Caroline Springs over the past month.Detectives will allege commercial premises were targeted and significant damage occurred at a number of the sites.At one of the incidents, an offender allegedly forced their way into a store on Gourlay Rd…

MARIBYRNING: Police shooting at Footscray

A man died after being shot by police in Footscray on Thursday night, April 17.Officers were called to Albert St to reports of a man armed with a knife about 9pm.Two police officers attending the scene found the man and instructed him to drop the weapon.The man then charged towards the police, still armed with…

HUME: Death after Greenvale assault

Detectives from the Homicide Squad are investigating after a man has died following a serious assault in Greenvale last month.Police were initially called to reports of a physical altercation at a residential building site on Supreme Avenue in Greenvale at approximately 12.45pm on Sunday, March 30.On arrival, they located a 42-year-old Meadow Heights man with…

NORTH-WEST: $14.7m tobacco raid

Detectives from Taskforce Lunar executed five warrants across Melbourne’s north-west this month.They seized $14.7M worth of illicit cigarettes, loose-leaf tobacco and vapes as part of an investigation into the co-ordination of extortions and arsons on behalf of a syndicate leader.With assistance from the VIPER Taskforce and Australian Border Force, police searched five addresses believed to…

FRANKSTON: Third arrest over $25m fires

A third man has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into two allegedly deliberately lit factory fires which caused an estimated $25 million in damage. The fires, which police believe are linked, occurred at two factories in Bayswater and Kilsyth in December 2024 and January 2025. The first incident occurred around 4am on…

MELBOURNE: Sexual assaults in North

Melbourne SOCIT detectives have charged a man following alleged sexual assaults in North Melbourne last week. It is alleged thaty a man pushed a woman into an alley off Silk Place and attempted to sexually assault her on April 13. It isd also alleged a second woman was pulled to the ground and sexually assaulted…

NORTH: Police keep an eye out for Shane

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Shane MacDonald. The 35-year-old is wanted on outstanding warrants in relation to theft related offences. He is described as being approximately 185cm tall with dark brown eyes, a shaved head and a light-coloured beard. Shane is known to frequent the Mill Park and Thomastown areas. Investigators…

DAREBIN: Life-threatening crash at East Preston

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives were on scene following a collision in Preston on Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 15). It is understood a pedestrian was struck by a bus at the intersection of Tyler St and Plenty Rd about 2.30pm. The male pedestrian was taken to hospital with critical injuries. The bus driver stopped at the…