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SOUTH-EAST: 21 offences in 5 days

Friday, September 25, 2026

Southern Metro Region Crime Squad detectives are investigating a series of 21 offences committed by a group of youths over five days.Several teenagers stole two vehicles, a white 2026 Haval Jolion and a black 2017 Honda Odyssey now displaying stolen registration plates XUW815, from outside a Glen Waverley gym about 5pm on Monday.The offenders then…

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FRANKSTON: Arrest over Frankston-Flinders Rd

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have arrested a 55-year-old man following a fatal hit-run collision in Frankston South last Tuesday morning (Sep. 22).Emergency services were called to reports a vehicle had struck a pedestrian on Frankston-Flinders Rd, near Highland Drive, about 5.30am.The pedestrian, an 83-year-old Frankston South woman, died at the scene.A 55-year-old man contacted…

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MONASH: Teens arrested after Ashwood incident

Knox Highway Patrol officers are appealing for witnesses and dashcam owners to come forward after a woman was struck by a truck in Croydon on Thursday morning (Sep. 24).Emergency services were called to the collision near the intersection of Mt Dandenong and Parrs Rds just after 8.30am.The 62-year-old Croydon woman was transported to hospital with…

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BALLARAT: Infant death at Redan

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of an infant in Redan.Emergency services were called to a property on Leith St on Sunday, September 20, where a eight-month-old baby was located unresponsive.CPR was performed and she was taken to a Ballarat hospital just after 1pm.She was later transferred to a Melbourne hospital where she died.A…

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BALLARAT: Police ramming at Alfredton

Ballarat Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two people after a police vehicle was allegedly rammed in Alfredton early Wednesday morning (Sep. 23).Officers were on patrol on Learmouth St when they spotted a Jeep Cherokee displaying false plates just before 1.30am.The officers approached the vehicle and parked directly behind the Jeep, which was stopped at…

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BAW BAW: Funeral home arson at Warragul

Baw Baw Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fire at a funeral home in Warragul on Wednesday night (Sep. 23).It is alleged a man walked along Howitt St towards the funeral home on Korumburra-Warragul Rd, where he smashed several windows on the side of the building about 7.30pm.Police will allege he…

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MAROONDAH: Woman struck by truck at Croydon

Knox Highway Patrol officers are appealing for witnesses and dashcam owners to come forward after a woman was struck by a truck in Croydon on Thursday morning (Sep. 24).Emergency services were called to the collision near the intersection of Mt Dandenong and Parrs Rds just after 8.30am.The 62-year-old Croydon woman was transported to hospital with…

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MURRINDINDI: Woman dead in Glenburn bus accident

Detectives are investigating after a woman died and multiple people were injured following a multi-vehicle collision in Glenburn on Thursday afternoon (Sep. 24).It is understood a bus collided with a white car and blue Toyota on the Melba Hwy near Two Hills Rd about 2.40pm.The driver of the white car died at the scene.Multiple occupants…

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FRANKSTON: Probe into fatal fire

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal house fire in Frankston on Thursday afternoon (Sep. 24).Officers responded to reports of the blaze at a residential property on Stanley St just before 5pm.A woman was located deceased inside the premises. No one else was inside the property at the time.The circumstances of the fire are…