Tag: Crime
Teen strangled in Footscray robbery
Police are hunting for a man who strangled and robbed a teenager in Footscray last month.
Maribyrnong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have been told a...
Maribyrnong crime hits record high
Maribyrnong has experienced an average of more than one crime every hour in the past year.
New figures released by the Crime Statistics Agency show...
Maidstone businessman guilty of smuggling 17 tonnes of tobacco
A Maidstone businessman has avoided jail despite his role in smuggling 17 tonnes of tobacco into Melbourne.
County Court judge Liz Gaynor sentenced Daniel Keefer,...
Hit-run accused denied bail by court
A cyclist was wearing high-visibility clothing and riding in a bike lane in West Footscray when he was hit and killed by a driver...
Braybrook man jailed over 80kg cannabis bust
A Braybrook man has been sentenced to 23 months in jail after being caught with almost 80 kilograms of cannabis.
Appearing in the County Court...
Man wanted over attack on West Footscray postman
Police have released a facial composite image of a man wanted over the bashing robbery of a postman in West Footscray.
The postman was delivering...
Postie assaulted and robbed in West Footscray
Police are hunting for a man alleged to have assaulted a postal worker in West Footscray on Thursday.
The man is believed to have approached...
Seddon kickboxing champion charged over Richmond heist
A former kickboxing champion from Seddon has been charged over the infamous 1994 Richmond “road gang” heist on an Armaguard van.
Pasquale Lanciana, 59, a...
Seddon man arrested over $2.4m Armaguard heist
A Seddon man has been arrested in relation to a dramatic heist on an Armaguard van at Richmond back in 1994.
Police investigators executed a search...
Footscray hate crime part of troubling trend
The victims of a violent assault in Footscray say their incident appears to be part of an alarming upward trend.
Three members of the LGBTIQ...
Man jailed for cannabis factory at Laverton
A Point Cook man has been sentenced by the County Court to seven and a half years’ jail for cultivating more than 200 kilograms...
Crime jumps 18% in Maribyrnong
Maribyrnong’s crime rate has surged by almost 18 per cent – the biggest increase in five years.
The number of offences recorded by police rose...
Police investigate four reports of cats being shot in Altona North
Police are investigating four reports of pet cats being shot in Altona North.
As reported by Star Weekly last week, one cat was put down...
Haddara crime syndicate member has jail term cut on appeal
An ice trafficker involved in a crime syndicate headed by Fadi Haddara at Williamstown North has had his jail sentence cut on appeal.
Mohammed El...
Cops hunt Altona North cat shooter
One pet cat has been put down and another had its leg shattered in two separate shooting incidents at Altona North last week.
Both cats...
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Exum, Giddey, Vasiljevic in Boomers squad
Three western suburbs natives, Josh Giddey, Dante Exum and DJ Vasiljevic are still in the mix for the Australian Boomers team for the Olympics.
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