Tag: Crime
Teens arrested after gym thefts
Police have charged two teenagers following a number of alleged thefts and vehicle thefts from gymnasiums in the west last month.
The alleged offences occurred...
Man allegedly bashed to death outside primary school
Three men have been charged with murder after a man was allegedly bashed to death outside a Kealba Primary School on Thursday night.
Emergency services...
Police investigate Sunshine North aggravated burglary
Brimbank detectives are investigating an aggravated burglary in Sunshine North during which a BMW was stolen and used to steal petrol earlier this month.
A...
Thieves strike twice
Police are hunting for thieves who struck at a building site over consecutive days in December last year.
Two trucks attended the site in North...
Brimbank security boost
Three Brimbank sites will undergo security upgrades following a funding win from the state government’s Community Safety Fund.
Installation of under awning lighting will take...
Police swoop on pick-pocketing ring
Police have swooped on properties in Sunshine and Albion and charged seven people over a host of organised pick-pocketing and theft offences.
Sergeant Chris O'Brien...
Brimbank crime on the rise
Criminal offences rose marginally in Brimbank for the year ending September 2019, but the municipality’s offence rate remains well above the state average.
There were...
Six arrested following alleged armed robbery
Police have swiftly arrested six teenage boys following an armed robbery at a bottle shop on Sunday night.
Police allege a group of males entered...
Four arrested following hospital assault
Four teenagers have been charged in relation to the assault and robbery of a doctor at Sunshine Hospital last month.
The doctor was approached by...
Record drug bust in the west
More than $1 billion of illicit drugs have been seized after a series of raids across the western suburbs uncovered Australia’s largest ever onshore...
Braybrook tops home burglary list
Braybrook has the dubious title of Melbourne’s burglary capital, according to research produced by the RACV.
The insurance company’s annual burglary statistics report revealed the...
Two doctors assaulted in a week at Sunshine Hospital
Assaults on two doctors at Sunshine Hospital in the space of a week have prompted Western Health to issue a public safety warning and...
Safety camera push
Sunshine traders are set to lobby the Department of Justice and Brimbank council to install CCTV cameras throughout the suburb.
The move comes after a...
Tarneit man charged with murder
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a Tarneit man with murder, following an alleged incident in Geelong on Monday.
A 41-year-old Colac man was located with...
Police operation nets 57 youths
Police arrested 57 people as part of an operation to crack down on youth offending last week.
The statewide operation, dubbed Operation Liege, involved detectives...
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