On Friday the 23-11-12 at around 12:45 am a male offender wearing a balaclava attempted to hold up a service station on Torquay Road in Grovedale. The offender soon realized that the entrance door was locked and then moved to the window where he produced a knife and motioned to the shop assist the cash…
DetailsOn Wednesday the 21-11-12 at around 1.15 am three masked assailants with machetes entered the pokies venue at the Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre, terrorised patrons and threatening staff demanding cash. Senior Sergeant Stamper described it as a traumatic experience for patrons and staff. If you have been the victim of an armed robbery or other…
DetailsOn the 18-11-12 at around 11.00 pm two men, aged twenty-two and twenty-eight years, were arrested by police in St Kilda following a number of armed robberies on the number 96 tram. The assailants used a box cutter and a garden stake to threaten tram commuters before stealing their possessions. If you have been the…
DetailsOn Saturday the 10-11-12 at around 10.15 pm a taxi driver collected two male passengers from Fitzroy and drove them to Belgrave. The passengers pre-paid their fare and then fell asleep in the back seat. Upon arriving at the destination the two men awoke and as the taxi driver was giving them their change they…
DetailsOn Monday the 12-11-12 at around 1.00 am a twenty-year-old masked assailant with a gun entered the McDonald’s Restaurant in Mulgrave threatening staff and customers and demanding money and wallets. As the assailant was leaning over the counter taking money from the tills he was tackled from behind by two customers. The assailant was then…
DetailsVictims of crime, such as victims of an armed robbery at a workplace, are entitled to seek financial compensation through the state government under the VOCA Act. For example, the average amount of financial compensation given to the victim of an armed robbery in Victoria is around $3,300.00. We assist victims to access this compensation…
DetailsA “critical incident” is any event that causes an unusually intense stress reaction, such as an armed robbery or physical assault. Often the distress a victim experiences after a critical incident limits their ability to cope, impairs their ability to adjust and negatively impacts on their work and social life. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing is…
DetailsArmed robbery is a serious crime that can have a negative impact on individual victims and employees of businesses that may be targeted. People who work in locations vulnerable to armed robbery can experience significant emotional trauma if present during an armed robbery. The most recent analyses in 2008 of the victim-based National Armed Robbery…
DetailsOn the 02-11-12 at around 3.55 am a Dandenong Petrol Station on Stud Road was robbed for a second time in a week. A male assailant aged in his twenties threatened the shop assistant with a knife before stealing money and cigarettes. On the 25-10-12 the store was also robbed and police believe that the…
DetailsOn the 02-11-12 at around 9.40 pm three masked assailants armed with machetes robbed the Coles Supermarket and the adjacent Coles Liquorland in Berwick. Two of the assailants demanded cash from supermarket staff while the other from Liquorland staff. Many shoppers also witnessed the incident. If you have been the victim of an armed robbery…
DetailsOn Saturday the 20-10-12 at around 7.30 pm a seventy-four-year-old female was watching television at her Ballarat home when she went to investigate a noise and was confronted by a male assailant who grabbed her around her neck and demanded money. The elderly victim gave the assailant a small amount of money and he then…
DetailsOn Sunday the 21-10-12 just after midnight three male assailants robbed and physically assaulted a thirty-seven-year-old male victim in Fitzroy North just after leaving the Lord Newry Hotel. The victim was followed by the three assailants in a motor vehicle who used a taser gun to subdue him before stealing his possessions and fleeing in…
DetailsOn Friday the 12-10-12 at around 2.00 am two male assailants wearing balaclavas smashed there was into the Forest Hill Petrol Station on Springvale Road and threatened the service station worker with a knife. The assailants demanded all the notes before running off on foot to a nearby park where they fled in a waiting…
DetailsOver the past year there have been six armed robberies committed against Hungry Jacks Restaurants in Victoria and police believe that the same male offender aged in his thirties may be responsible for all the robberies. On the 24-06-11 at around 4.45 am a male offender armed with a knife entered the Hungry Jacks restaurant…
DetailsOn Monday the 08-10-12 at around 4.30 am a male assailant wearing a hoodie entered the Hoppers Crossing Service Station on Old Geelong Road armed with an axe. The assailant threatened staff with the weapon before fleeing with cash and cigarettes. Police believe that the assailant may have escaped in a white panel van motor…
DetailsOn the 30-09-12 at around 8.50 pm a male assailant wearing a balaclava entered Luks Pharmacy in Ferntree Gully and threatened staff with a kitchen knife demanding money A similar armed robbery was committed several weeks earlier at the same pharmacy when an assailant wearing a balaclava threatened staff with a knife and fled with…
DetailsOn Saturday the 29-09-12 at around 7.30 pm an eighteen-year-old male entered the Bendigo Liquorland Bottle Shop and produced a knife and demanded money from the female shop attendant. The terrified female handed over the money and the assailant fled only to be apprehended by police a short time late and is currently in custody…
DetailsOn Friday the 28-09-12 at around 10.00 pm two men, aged twenty and twenty-two years, armed with a pistol attempted to hold up the Premix King Liquor Store in Wodonga and were promptly arrested by Wodonga detectives. If you have been the victim of an armed robbery while at work or other serious crime contact…
DetailsOn Wednesday the 19-09-12 at around 3.00 am two male assailants armed with a meat cleaver and a knife entered the McDonalds Fast Food Outlet in Morwell. The two assailants forced the staff to empty money from a cash register before fleeing. One of the assailants was wearing a skeleton hoodie and the other a…
DetailsOn the 05-09-12 at around 8.30 pm a male assailant entered the Coles Express Service Station in Collingwood and selected a packet of biscuits before walking to the counter. The male, aged around thirty years, then pulled out a metal bar concealed in his sleeve and threatened the shop assistant with the weapon demanding money.…
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