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Brimbank’s Most Wanted: November 17, 2017

Let’s help Brimbank Police. If you have any information in relation to these people, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or contact your...

Police search for man after home invasion

Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad are still searching for a fourth person who they believe was involved in a home invasion in Delahey...

Police operation sweeps crime from streets

A two-day Victoria Police operation has targeted high volume crime in Sunshine and St Albans. Members from multiple units took to the street earlier this...

Teenager stabbed in Sunshine carpark

A 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital with a stab wound following an argument in a Sunshine carpark on Monday night. Detective Senior Constable Scott...

Prison for armed crime spree

A man who carried out armed robberies in Brooklyn, Williams Landing and Tarneit in July, 2016, has been sentenced to six years prison. Benjamin Sweet...

Tree vandals strike again

A spate of attacks on trees in Sunshine’s Wright Street has cost Brimbank ratepayers more than $9000 in the past two months. About 25 trees...

Sunshine police make major drug bust

Sunshine police have seized about 481 grams of methyl amphetamine, eight grams of ecstasy, a quantity of weapons and more than $50,000 in cash...

Police credit targeted approach for crime reduction

A targeted approach to addressing serious crime across Brimbank has led to a reduction in the crime rate, according to police. Figures released by the...

Jail for deadly roadside beating

A Sunshine West man who fatally assaulted a man for parking in front of his house has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Christopher...

Brimbank’s crime down despite worrying trend

Overall crime in Brimbank has fallen significantly for the first time in five years. Figures released by the Crime Statistics Agency last week showed an...

Armed robber pleads guilty

A man who robbed a Maidstone bottle shop and attempted to rob supermarkets in Braybrook and Footscray in late 2016 has been sentenced to...

Murder charge over St Albans death

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a 49-year-old man with murder following the death of a woman in St Albans earlier this month. Phuc Thien Tang...

Four teens in custody following Sunshine West home invasion

Four teenagers are in police custody following a home invasion in Sunshine West yesterday. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said four young men were arrested on...

Sexual assault in Werribee

Police have arrested three men following an alleged sexual assault in Werribee last night. Investigators said the men approached a woman sleeping under a footbridge...

Crim confesses to historic crimes

A notorious career criminal last week confessed in the Supreme Court to a series of unsolved armed robberies across Melbourne in the late 1980s...

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Cricket season in full force

The summer season is finally heating up and with it there has been some cracker matches including on Saturday. Star Weekly photographer Ljubica Vrankovic...