Police News

Monash Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after a 94-year-old man was scammed out of nearly $10,000.The Mount Waverley man received a phone call from a person purporting to be from a telecommunications company on September 19.The scam caller requested the victim’s banking details over the phone and was then advised to

Greensborough Highway Patrol officers expect to charge a driver following a series of alleged hit and run collisions across Melbourne’s north-east last Thursday night (Nov. 14).Officers responded to reports of a white Toyota Hilux utility driving erratically on Albert St in Preston, before colliding with the rear of another vehicle in the vicinity of Tyler

Detectives from the Financial Crime Squad arrested a Mornington Peninsula man as part of their investigation in relation to allegations of false invoicing linked to a union and a private company.A 74-year-old Mt Eliza man was interviewed by appointment in relation to fraud related offences.He was subsequently released pending further enquiries.Two search warrants were previously

Officers from Caulfield Divisional Response Unit charged a man and a woman after executing warrants in Caulfield North and Abbotsford last Wednesday (Nov. 13).Police attended an address in Sebastopol St, Caulfield North, about 6.30am.Once inside the property they arrested a 51-year-old man from Caulfield North and a 21-year-old woman from Abbotsford.The property was searched and

Detectives will investigate the circumstances surrounding an incident in Pascoe Vale South on Monday morning last week (Nov. 11) where a car was rammed into a convenience store and the premises set alight.Emergency services were called to the shop on Coonans Rd following reports of the blaze about 3.15amA family who live in a residence

Detectives from the Missing Persons Squad are releasing images and appealing for public information on the 30th anniversary of the suspicious disappearance of Mark Jansen.Mark, then 31, was last seen in the car park at the rear of the Fruit City Complex on Pultney St in Dande-nong about 5pm on Saturday, November 12, 1994.He co-owned

Quick work by police, with assistance from the safe city cameras, led to the arrest of an offender for a serious assault in the CBD last Tuesday morning (Nov. 12).Police have been told two men were seen involved in a heated argument at the intersection of Bourke and Elizabeth Sts about 1.15am.The argument escalated to

Police have arrested a man following a firearms incident in Weir Views last Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 12).A stolen vehicle, believed to have been stolen in a carjacking in Snake Valley earlier in the day, was observed around the Melton area about 3.40pm.The vehicle was monitored by Police Air Wing to Leon Drive when the man

Epping Police officers were called to reports of a man urinating on a vehicle in Epping on Monday night last week (Nov. 11).Local security staff alerted police to the incident taking place in a carpark near Cooper St about 7pm.The officers were in the vicinity on foot patrol at the time.Swift acting police interrupted the

Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged carjacking in Bentleigh East last Tuesday (Nov. 12).Police will allege the man attempted to carjack a woman outside a gymnasium on East Boundary Rd about 1.30pm.It is believed the man assaulted the woman, before two passersby restrained him until Police arrived a short