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Police hub a step closer
The state-of-the-art Wyndham police hub is a step closer with construction starting on the new complex last week.
Development officially began last week on the...
Team tactics help youth
Hundreds of young people have benefited from a $1.7 million pilot program designed to cut youth crime in Wyndham, Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong.
The state...
Team to tackle youth crime
A $1.7 million pilot program designed to cut youth crime will team youth workers and police in Wyndham, Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong for the...
Nine arrested following burglaries and motor vehicle thefts in northern and western suburbs
Nine people have been arrested as part of an investigation into burglaries and motor vehicle thefts in the northern and western suburbs.
The seven alleged...
Man charged with bottle shop robbery
A man has been charged with an attempted armed robbery at an Altona North bottle shop on Wednesday.
The 48-year-old man of no fixed address...
Braybrook tops burglary count
Braybrook is the most burgled suburb in Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay, the RACV’s yearly analysis of burglary hot spots in greater Melbourne shows.
One in...
Altona’s summer policing crew pledge crackdown
Police have vowed to crack down on trouble-makers around Hobsons Bay’s beaches in the wake of a holiday rental being wrecked by partygoers and...
Carjacking attempt in Altona
A mother and daughter are warning people to lock their car doors after escaping a potential carjacking in Altona on Saturday.
The mother, who asked...
Booze cops hit Altona North
Fifteen drunk or drug-affected drivers were detected in a police blitz in Hobsons Bay on Friday night as part of Operation Fortified.
Three booze buses...
Police: Boy found in car at Newport was hiding
A boy who was found unresponsive in a car in Newport on Monday had been hiding in the rear, police have revealed.
The eight-year-old boy remains...
Man hunted for exposing himself to boy in Altona
Police have released an image of a man who exposed himself to a teenage boy in Altona on October 11.
Altona North detectives say a 15-year-old...
Suburbs safer as crime on the decline
Crime rates have dropped in Hobsons Bay and the city of Maribyrnong, latest data from the Crime Statistics Agency show.
Hobsons Bay’s recorded offences fell...
Hard lesson for speeding drivers
As children returned to school last week, Williamstown police were out in force targeting speeding drivers as part of Operation Fluro.
Police nabbed 13 drivers...
Not too bright driver has car impounded
A 22-year-old Altona Meadows driver has lost his car for the next month after police spotted the man speeding in Hoppers Crossing early this...
Wyndham youths arrested over alleged robbery and assault
Five Wyndham youths were among 10 arrested overnight following an alleged robbery and assault in Southbank.
It is believed a 21-year-old Epping man was walking...
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Give better this Christmas
It’s OK to veto Valentine’s Day and pay little heed to Halloween, but when it comes to Christmas most of us aren’t willing to...
