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Saturday, September 19, 2026
Police News
Dandenong Police thought they had seen it all before responding to calls reporting a driver was asleep at the wheel in the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant, in the early hours of Saturday morning (Nov. 1).Officers arrived at the Cheltenham Rd restaurant to find a man allegedly asleep at the wheel of a Toyota Camry…
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Police News
State Highway Patrol North officers discovered a new definition for the father-son rule when they impounded two vehicles in Thomastown on Friday night (Oct. 31).Police caught sight of a silver Hyundai i40 driving at speed on the Metropolitan Ring Road about 8.25pm.The Hyundai was clocked travelling at an alleged speed of 138-kmh in a 100-kmh…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria responded at 4.18am Friday (Oct. 31) to an incident on Venice Avenue, Mitcham, after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a house fire.Firefighters arrived on scene in five minutes to find the single-storey brick house, approx. 10x20m, fully involved in fire.The four occupants were awake at the time of the fire and…
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Community News
Northern Victloria MLC Wendy Lovell (pictured) as called on Gabrielle Infrastructure, Minister for Transport Infrastructure, to meet with business owners at the Doreen Business Precinct and hear their request for extra car parking and a bicycle depot near the new intersection of Yan Yean Rd with Bridge Inn Rd.“A reference design and artist’s impressions for…
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Police News
Police have charged a man following an alleged firearms incident in Albion.Officers were first called to reports a man was seen with a firearm outside a property on Forrest St about 1.40pm on Monday, Oc\tober 27.Uniform police and Critical Incident Response Unit officers were quick to attend and took the man into custody without incident….
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Police News
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an assault in Reservoir.Emergency services were called to reports of a man with serious injuries inside a property on Spring St about 12.30am on Tuesday, October 28.It is understood he was involved in an altercation with two male occupants of the house.The man, believed to be in his 30s,…
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Police News
Southern Metro Region Crime Squad detectives are investigating a home invasion in Brighton East.It is understood two masked male offenders, armed with a knife, forced entry via a door to a home on Arnold Rd about 1.30am on Monday, October 27.The offenders were interrupted by a 76-year-old woman home at the time.One of the offenders,…
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Police News
North West Metro Regional Crime Squad detectives have charged two men following an investigation into an alleged aggravated burglary in East Melbourne on September 4.Detectives executed a search warrant at a storage facility on Pascoe Vale Road, Essendon on Monday (Oct. 27). During the warrant investigators located and seized various ammunition and a significant quantity…
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Police News
Detectives have arrested two teens after a victim was struck with a machete in Belgrave.It is alleged that two victims, a man and a woman, were confronted by a group of males on Blacksmiths Way about 7.10pm on Wednesday (Oct. 29).One alleged offender struck the male victim with a machete before the group of males…
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Police News
North West Metro Regional Crime Squad detectives have charged a man with 14 offences and seized more than a dozen firearms following a thorough investigation to get guns off the streets.Detectives executed search warrants earlier on Friday morning (Oct. 31) at addresses on Ford Avenue in Sunshine North, Whitesides Avenue in Sunshine West, and at…
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