Technology has provided many benefits to society however with these comes new platforms for harassment and abuse.[i] Cyber-bullying is of growing concern as youths have increased access to the Internet.[ii] In a 2006 study in the United Kingdom, 98% of adolescents reported having regular access to the internet,[iii] with 40% of US youths experiencing cyber-bullying.[iv]…
DetailsOn Monday the 27-08-12 at around 8.15 pm a male masked with a bandanna and wielding a knife held up the Woolworths Supermarket Croydon stealing cash from the terrified staff. The assailant then ran from the supermarket and through the Arndale Shopping Centre and then across the adjacent Fred Gale oval. For financial support and…
DetailsOn Saturday the 25-08-12 at around 2.30 am a twenty-five-year-old female was walking through St Kilda when she asked a male of Asian appearance for directions. The male directed her into a laneway and then forced her to the ground before indecently assaulting her. The victim managed to fight off the assailant and ran from the scene…
DetailsOn Thursday the 30-08-12 at around 10.30 pm a male assailant entered the Bonbeach Video Store and threatened the video store attendant with a knife demanding cash. The frightened attendant gave the assailant cash and DVDs and the assailant then fled along Nepean Highway. The assailant was described as being in his mid twenties with…
DetailsOn the 29-08-12 at around 3.00 am neighbours were awoken by the sounds of gun shots coming from the Lalor home. When police arrived they found two men on the street both suffering from gunshot wounds. A fifty-two-year-old male suffered a gunshot wound to his hand and was treated at the Northern Hospital and a…
DetailsOn Wednesday the 29-08-12 at around 7.50 pm a twenty-two-year-old male was stabbed in the groin after becoming involved in an altercation with another male at the St. Albans Gaming Venue. The victim was rushed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with significant blood loss and is in a stable condition. For victims support and advice…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 29-08-12 at around 1.00 am a male offender entered the Wantirna South Convenience Store and threatened the male staff member with an axe before fleeing with some cash and a packet of cigarettes. The offender was wearing a hooded top and cream cap and sported a goatee. For financial support and professional advice call…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 21-08-12 at around 12.00 noon a masked male assailant in his twenties threatened staff at the Aldi Supermarket Morwell with a knife before stealing cash and escaping on a child’s scooter.
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On Friday the 24-08-12 at around 9.45 pm a male assailant armed with an axe entered the United Service Station in Rowville and demanded cash from the station attendant who complied placing money in a plastic bag and the assailant then left. For financial support and professional advice call 1800 000 055 or go to…
DetailsOn Thursday the 16-08-12 at around 10.30 pm the male victim, aged in his early twenties, walked from the Cheltenham Railway Station along Charman Road carrying his laptop bag when he was set upon by four males. The victim managed to out run the assailants. Police patrolling the area saw the incident and arrested four…
DetailsOn Friday the 24-08-12 at around 1.30 am a male assailant in his twenties and dressed as a woman including carrying a hand bag entered the Lara Service Station and threatened the female attendant with a knife demanding cash and cigarettes. The shocked female attendant complied and the assailant fled with cash and cigarettes. For…
DetailsOn Sunday the 26-08-12 at around 4.00 pm two assailants armed with shot guns entered Myer Melbourne and proceeded to a ground floor cosmetic counter where they threatened the terrified twenty-one-year-old shop assistant before fleeing with $200. The store was filled with shoppers at the time of the brazed burglary. If you have been the…
DetailsOn the 25-08-12 at around 3.40 am six masked assailants entered the Burnley Train Station armed with baseball bats and demanded keys from a security guard to access the security room which they were given. A train driver arrived during the robbery and keys were also demanded from him and he also complied. On the…
DetailsOn Sunday the 26-08-12 at around 1.00 am two men aged in their thirties sustained very serious head injuries following a physical assault by a third male at a home in St. Kilda. Police arrested the assailant at around 4.30 am. Both victims were taken for treatment to the Alfred Hospital in a serious condition.…
DetailsOn Saturday the 25-08-12 at around 12.30 am a nineteen-year-old male as well as two others he was with were attacked by a gang in Flinders Lane in the Melbourne CBD. Approximately one hour later the gang attacked a forty-three-year-old male with rocks and demanded his phone and wallet. A short time later, at around…
DetailsOn Saturday the 18-08-12 four men of African appearance physically assaulted and robbed a twenty-nine-year-old male victim near the Heidelberg train station. The victim was followed and then asked by one of the assailants for the time and then threatened with a knife and demands were made for his mobile phone, which the victim handed…
DetailsOn Thursday the 16-08-12 at around 10.00 pm a forty-six-year-old man and a thirty-one-year-old female were waiting at Southern Road bus stop in Heidelberg when they were approached by the four male assailants. The male victim was struck with an iron bar and fell to the ground at which time the assailants attacked the female,…
DetailsOn the 24-08-12 a female motorist was approached by two female assailants, shortly after parking her motor vehicle in a Heidelberg car park, who proceeded to physically assault her before stealing her motor vehicle. The victim sustained minor injuries and the assailants were described as wearing hoodies and tracksuits. Victims of crime – support and…
DetailsOn Friday the 24-08-12 at around 6.00 am a male assailant wearing a disguise smashed through the front door of the Hungry Jacks Restaurant in Burwood and then jumped the counter and threatened staff with a pair of scissors demanding they open the safe. The terrified staff were unable to open the safe and the…
DetailsOn the 23-08-12 at around 12.45 am two male assailants armed with guns forced their way into a Deer Park home and demanded money from one of the three occupants. Money was handed over by a twenty-nine-year-old male victim who was then shot to the leg. The victim was later treated at the Royal Melbourne…
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