On the 01-12-11 at around 9.20 pm four assailants approached two male victims sitting in the Kirwan Park Gazebo and punched them to the face and threatened them with hand guns before demanding their wallet and phone. If you have been the victim of a physical assault or similar contact Victims of Crime Counselling &…
DetailsOn the 14-03-12 at around 8.15 pm a Liquor Store at the Yarraville Shopping Centre was robbed. This was followed shortly afterwards by two street robberies during which one victim sustained facial injuries requiring hospital treatment. Four males aged between seventeen and nineteen have since been charged. If you have been the victim of a…
DetailsOn the 14-03-12 at around 3.15 pm the twenty year old female victim was door knocking for charity in Brunswick when she was grabbed from behind by one of three adult males and then sexually assaulted before being punched to the face and she then managed to run off. If you have been the victim…
DetailsOn the 14-03-12 at around 11.00 pm the male offender entered the Service Station with a knife and demanded money from the shop assistant before fleeing with a large sum of cash. If you have been the victim of an armed robbery or similar contact Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services for assistance on…
DetailsOn the 30-01-12 at around midday a twenty-three-year-old female discovered two unknown young adult males, one armed with a metal bar, in her backyard. The female confronted the men and she was then verbally threatened and fortunately unharmed before the assailants fled. In Victoria in 2010 there was an average of seventy eight reported physical…
DetailsOn the 15-02-12 just after 11.00 pm an unknown male offender wearing a balaclava and armed with a shot gun entered the High Street Pizza Shop and demanded staff hand over cash which they did and the assailant then fled. In Victoria in 2010 there were approximately three armed robberies each day. Victims of such…
DetailsJust after 9.00 am on the 10-02-12 the seventy-eight-year-old victim walked past a male who appeared to be tying up his shoelaces. The male then approached the victim from behind and attempted to steal his wallet from his rear pocket at which time a struggle ensued before the offender fled with the wallet in dark…
DetailsAt around 6.40 am on the 20-01-12 a young woman was standing at a bus stop when a male assailant riding a bike approached her and grabbed her handbag and a struggle ensued during which the assailant stabbed the woman’s arm with a screw driver before fleeing empty handed on his bike. Fortunately the victim…
DetailsAt around 10.00 pm on the 10-02-12 a twenty-five-year-old man was found with serious injuries in Horsham and who later died at the Wimmera Hospital as a result of these injuries. Six men have been charged and remanded in custody. In 2010 there were ninety four homicide victims in Victoria with males accounting for 59%…
DetailsAt around 3.00 pm on the 12-02-12 a male offender allegedly attempted to remove the sixty-three-year-old victim’s wallet from his pocked resulting in a struggle. A forty-four-year-old woman came the victim’s aid and was punched to the face by a female offender. The assailants then alighted from the tram followed by the male victim and…
DetailsAt around 11.00 am on the 13-02-12 two adult men entered through an unlocked front door in MacFarland Street, one wearing a balaclava, and demanded cash from the two residents. The victims handed over cash before the assailants tied them up with cable in the bedroom and they then searched the house for more valuables.…
DetailsOn the 06-11-11 at around 4:15 pm a passing motorist witnessed a collision between a small green hatchback and a parked motor vehicle and when he stopped and alighted in order to record the offender’s motor vehicle registration he was assaulted, including being kick to the back, by the offender. In Victoria in 2010 there…
DetailsOn the 12-01-12 at around 10:00 pm two adult male offenders forced the male victim into a Holden Commodore as he was leaving a restaurant on North Road. The assailants then drove the victim around for up to eight hours during which they used his house keys to enter and ransack his home. The victim reported being…
DetailsOn the 01-01-12 at around 12:50 am two teenage youths approached the victim at the Newport Railway Station and after a verbal altercation the victim was struck to the head with a glass bottle resulting in lacerations to his head and face. The assailants then left the station with a group of others Railway stations…
DetailsAt around 2:00 am on Wednesday 3 August 2011 a young adult male entered the Shell Service Station and approached the front counter and asked to purchase cigarettes and when the attendant asked for identification the offender produced a gun threatening the attendant and demanded cigarettes. Such armed robberies are not uncommon and more consideration needs to…
DetailsAt around 11.30 pm on Sunday the 12-02-12 a male offender was discovered hiding in the toilet of the hotel by a male staff person who went to use the facilities and was confronted by the offender with a handgun and who was then marched into the gaming area where the offender forced a female…
DetailsOn the 03-11-11 at around 4:45 pm a male assailant of Pacific Islander appearance entered the service station and soon approached the front counter and produced a knife threatening staff and demanding cash. If you have been the victim of an armed robbery or physical assault or similar contact Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation…
DetailsA taxi was called to a Werribee location at around 2.30 am and a male proceeded to sit in the front passenger seat while two other males wearing balaclavas opened the driver’s door and threatened the taxi driver with knives demanding cash. The police apprehended four teenage males shortly afterwards. A series of alleged crimes…
DetailsThe male offender entered the grocery store at around 3.00 pm and threatened the shop attendant with a knife. The attendant opened the cash register and the offender stole the cash as well as alcohol and cigarettes before fleeing. In 2010 in Victoria there were 1433 reported victims of armed robbery with victims of such…
DetailsA bank in Bonwick Street Fawkner was robbed by two balaclava clad men at around 3.00 pm on the 6th January 2012. The assailants ran into the bank carrying guns and demanding cash to which the staff complied and the offenders then fled in a motor vehicle which was promptly located by the police some…
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