Tag: Crime
Crime waves differ across postcodes
Crime statistics from the inner-west reveal a tale of two cities.
From the end of 2014 to last December 31, there was a 10.3 per...
Crime stats reveal tale of two cities
A surge in drug and theft offences has fuelled a 6.4 per cent rise in crime in Maribyrnong in 2015 compared to the previous...
Shop owner jailed for stolen goods
A Footscray husband and wife have pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods valued at more than $70,000 while running a Nicholson Street gift shop.
Bich...
Bikies shot at Yarraville clubhouse
One man is fighting for his life and another is seriously injured after they were gunned down outside the Bros outlaw motorcycle gang clubhouse...
Tool theft causes builder to shut up shop
A Bacchus Marsh builder, who had tools valued at $3000 stolen from his ute, says his business never recovered from the financial loss of...
Armed robber hits Central Square
An armed robber struck twice at Central Square shopping centre in Altona Meadows on Thursday morning.
The centre's owner confirmed the Aldi supermarket and TAB...
Haddara crime syndicate member jailed
A drug trafficker involved in a crime syndicate in Williamstown North headed by Fadi Haddara has been sentenced to a minimum of 16 months...
Man charged over Newport heritage rail fires
A Metro Rail employee and CFA volunteer charged with derailing a train on the Hurstbridge line and a string of other arson and sabotage...
‘Unspeakable crimes’ take toll on MP
Constant exposure to details of “unspeakable crimes and traumatic events” has triggered a three-month leave of absence by police and corrections minister and Williamstown...
‘Scumbags’ steal Altona Homestead artefacts
Thieves who stole Imperial weights and measures from the Altona Homestead Museum, presumably to sell as brass scrap metal, have been described as “scumbags”.
The...
Road deaths on the rise
A quarter of road deaths recorded during the 22-day Victoria Police holiday road blitz happened in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong.
Assistant Commissioner Doug Fryer said...
Rise in sex offences
By Goya Dmytryshchak and Benjamin Millar
Reports of sexual offences increased in Hobsons Bay in the 12 months to September 30 last year, new Crime...
Williamstown family terrified by masked home invader
A Williamstown woman has been subjected to a terrifying home invasion, during which a masked man armed with a knife entered her house and...
Robbery sparks community support for traders
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The community has rallied to support an Altona bottle shop robbed at knifepoint on Friday night.
A man walked into Savvy Cellars in Civic Parade...
War memorial plaques stolen from Footscray
Police are hunting for callous thieves who have stolen 111 plaques from the Footscray Memorial Garden on the eve of Remembrance Day.
Seventy-nine of the bronze...
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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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