On the 10-11-14 at around 11.30 pm a group of teenage males were at a park on Fordholm Road in Hampton Park when they were approached by a large group of armed men. The teenage boys fled pursued by the armed men with one of the teenagers, a sixteen-year-old, being serious struck to the head…
DetailsOn the 09-11-14 at around 11.45 pm a thirty-three-year-old man was physically assaulted by three males at a bus stop on Spring Street in Reservoir near the Reservoir Railway Station. A Protective Services Officer came to the victim’s aide and arrested one offender with police arresting the other two offenders shortly afterwards. The victim was…
DetailsOn the 09-11-14 a taxi driver was assaulted and robbed in Essendon. A twenty-one-year-old male from Essendon has since been charged with intentionally causing injury and unlawful assault and was bailed to appear at the Broadmeadows Magistrate’s Court. If you have been a victim of crime while at work call 1800 000 055 or (03)…
DetailsOn the 06-11-14 at around 8.20 pm a male committed an armed robbery at a fast food outlet on McDonald Street in Morwell. A forty-year-old male was soon after arrested and charged by La Trobe CIU detectives. If you have been a victim of crime while at work or elsewhere call 1800 000 055 or…
DetailsOn the 04-11-14 at around 3.00 pm an indecent assault occurred at a gaming venue on Rosamond Road in Maribyrnong. On the 05-11-14 at around 8.25 am a sexual assault occurred on a bicycle track near the Yarra River in South Yarra. On the same day an obscene exposure occurred at a house in Prahran.…
DetailsOn the 04-11-14 at around 10.30 pm a pregnant female driver was involved in a motor vehicle incident with a thirty-seven-year-old male on Camp Road in Broadmeadows. The pregnant female was subsequently assaulted and was treated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. A police officer assisting at the scene was also assaulted and sustained facial injuries…
DetailsOn the 04-11-14 just after 10.00 pm a male offender threatened a twenty-one-year-old male with a knife demanding money at the Eltham Railway Station. The victim alerted Transit PSOs who contacted the police. A twenty-one-year-old Eltham North man was soon arrested in the railway car park by Victoria Transit Police with the aid of the…
DetailsOn Friday 17th October 2014 at around 6.45 pm two men entered an ice cream shop on Point Nepean Road in Rye with one offender pushing aside one of the two female staff before grabbing the till and running from the shop. The following day, at around 2.30 pm, two men entered a shop located…
DetailsOn the 29-10-14 at around 12.45 pm paramedics attended to a male in Little Bourke Street Melbourne who had sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to the Royal Melbourne Hospital but passed away a short time later. Homicide police have since charged a fifty-nine-year-old Asian male from Forest Hill with one count of murder and…
DetailsOn the 29-10-14 at around 11.00 am a thirty-one-year-old female was walking her dog through Cherry Lake Reserve in Altona when she was grabbed from behind by a male wearing a bandana. The offender put a knife to the female victim’s throat and attempted to drag her into nearby bushes. The offender was disturbed by…
DetailsOn the 28-10-14 at around 5.30 am an intruder gained entry into a home on Lorraine Crescent in Jacana via a back door. A fifty-one-year-old male resident was awoken when the offender entered his bedroom and a physical confrontation ensued during which the male victim sustained lacerations to his chest and chin. Two others were…
DetailsOn the 25-10-14 at around 9.50 am a male entered the Post Office on McIvor Street in Bendigo East and demanded cash from the male shop attendant. The attendant handed over cash and the offender fled running along Murphy Street. The offender was described as being between twenty-five to thirty years of age of slight…
DetailsOn the 24-10-14 at around 5.15 pm a twenty-eight-year-old male was involved in a confrontation on Crinigan Road in Morwell when he was stabbed to the chest. The victim was airlifted to The Alfred hospital in a critical condition. A thirty-nine-year-old female and a fifteen-year-old boy both from Morwell were arrested at the scene. Latrobe…
DetailsVictims of crime in Victoria were awarded $47,900,000 in compensation and legal costs during 2013/2014 down from $49,100,000 the previous year. Peter Lauritsen, Chief Magistrate, said 6611 applications were finalised and another 5722 were lodged, down by 141 on the previous year and the lowest number lodged since 2008. Magistrate Lauritsen said he did not…
DetailsA new American study found that only about 12% of the nearly 70% of victims of violent crime that have suffered a social or emotional problem, such as anxiety, trouble sleeping or depression, received any assistance from victim services. The study also found that 80% of women who suffered from a serious violent crime reported…
DetailsOn Monday the 15-09-14 at around 9.15 am a twenty-six-year-old male was approached by three teenagers, a boy aged fifteen years, and two girls aged fifteen and seventeen years, and threatened with a weapon on the grounds of La Trobe University. A passerby witnessed the incident and came to the victim’s aid allowing him to…
DetailsOn Saturday the 6th September 2014 at around 2.30 pm an eighteen-year-old female was walking along the Dandenong Creek Walking Trail in Doveton when an unknown male approached and indecently assaulted her. The teenage victim pushed the assailant away and managed to flee. The assailant is described as being of Middle Eastern appearance and in…
DetailsOn most days between July and September 2014 a male offender has been getting on a tram on Elgin Street in Carlton during the peak morning period heading towards the Melbourne CBD. The offender then has indecently assaulted a number of females before alighting at Melbourne Central. The offender is described as wearing a dark…
DetailsOn Monday the 08-09-14 an eleven-year-old girl was walking along Francis Street in Yarraville when a white commercial van stopped beside her and asked her to get in. The young girl refused and the offender again requested she get into the van at which time she ran home and told her parents of the incident.…
DetailsCurrent new intitiatives include: 1. Across Victoria there are now 13,000 police and 329 police stations. 2. 140 Melbourne railway stations and major regional stations now being manned by 940 Protective Services Officers. 3. Longer jail time for a range of serious offences, including murder, culpable driving, sexual penetration of a child under twelve years,…
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