Crime
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Stolen laptop with tracker leads to arrests
A laptop tracker led police to arrest three men and seize numerous firearms, ammunition, a conducted energy device (commonly known as a Taser), drugs and…
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Melton West man charged after Deer Park death
A 48-year-old Melton West man has faced court charged with the murder of a man killed in an alleged hit-run in Deer Park on Friday. Gavin…
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Overall crime down but still high in Brimbank
Overall crime figures have decreased in Brimbank over the past year, however it remains a state leader for criminal activity, recording the fifth highest number…
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Taylors Lakes is top spot for Brimbank car crime
The Melton Highway at Taylors Lakes is Brimbank’s number one hotspot for car thefts, a recent study has revealed. Eighteen cars were stolen from shopping…
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Serial rapist’s sentence ‘had to be cut’
A serial rapist who kidnapped and sexually assaulted three women in Brooklyn has had his jail term cut by two years. Dennis Newall, 57, had…
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Police on trail of bungling ATM burglars
UPDATE Five bungling burglars are on the run after a breaking into a Cairnlea shopping centre over night in a failed attempt to steal an…
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Woman charged after western suburb jewel thefts
A Footscray woman has been charged following a string of jewellery thefts valued around $100,000 from stores in Sunshine, Keilor and Airport West over the…
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Ardeer and Keilor hot spots for fuel theft
Service stations in Ardeer, Keilor and Keilor Park are each being hit by petrol thieves nearly 200 times a year. A Victorian Automobile Chamber of…
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Three year sentence for St Albans home invader
A northern suburbs man has been sentenced to three years’ jail for an armed home invasion in St Albans that left a woman begging for…
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Heavily armed police arrest Kings Park man
A 30-year-old Kings Park man wanted in relation to a Caroline Springs home invasion has been arrested in dramatic fashion at a West Footscray house. Heavily-armed…
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Call for mandatory reporting of domestic abuse
The mother of a woman slain by her ice- addicted partner in Sunshine almost two years ago has called for mandatory reporting when domestic violence…
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Caroline Springs family’s home invasion terror
Police are looking for two men, armed with a metal pole and firearm, who forced their way into a Caroline Springs home last night. The men…
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Driver terrorises motorcyclist in Sydenham
Brimbank Highway Patrol are calling for witnesses following an alleged road rage incident in Sydenham in July. A silver BMW sedan intentionally reversed into a…
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Western suburbs ‘in grip of ice menace’
The drug ice is tightening its grip on the western suburbs, according to Footscray youth worker Les Twentyman. He said children as young as 12…
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Jewellery heist and a Cinderella car thief
Police in Brimbank were kept busy at the weekend with a jewellery heist in Sunshine and a car thief who left evidence at the scene…
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