In 2011 – 2012 there were thirteen people arrested for domestic violence homicides. In 2012-2013, following a change in police reporting practices, there were forty-five people arrested for domestic homicides. Western Integrated Family Violence Committee Member, Jocelyn Bignold, said authorities are struggling to “come to grips” with the magnitude of domestic abuse since new offences…
DetailsOn the 21-04-14 at around 2.40 pm police were called to a property on Longmuir Road in Watsonia to discover the bodies of two deceased children. Homicide detectives have since charged a thirty-five-year-old man from Watsonia with two counts of murder. The offender was remanded in custody. If you are the family member of a murder victim…
DetailsOn Saturday the 19th April 2014 at around 10.30 pm a female was sitting in her motor vehicle parked on Raleigh Street in Essendon when a male wearing a scarf over his face knocked on her window and told her to get out. The female initially hesitated at which time the offender produce a large knife…
DetailsFrankston police have charged and arrested a twenty-three-year-old male following three separate armed robberies at service stations in Frankston on the 30th March, 4th April and 9th April 2014. On then 30th March the offender robbed the service stations on the Nepean Highway in Frankston, on the 4th April he robbed the service station on…
DetailsOn Sunday the 13th April 2014 at around 3.00 am it is believed that the male bumped into a motor vehicle as it was travelling through the intersection of Elizabeth and Latrobe Streets in the Melbourne CBD. It is alleged that the driver then got out of his motor vehicle and confronted a group of…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 09-04-14 at around 9.50 pm a male offender entered the service station on Nepean Highway in Frankston carrying a knife. The shop assist quickly fled inside a secure room while the offender stole cash and then fled north along the Nepean Highway. The offender was described as being Caucasian, aged in his…
DetailsOn the 01-04-14 at around 8.40 pm an elderly man was walking his dog along Westgarth Street when he was approached by two male offenders who stole his wallet and a bottle of brandy he had just purchased. The first offender was described as being of southern European in appearance and aged in his mid…
DetailsOn the 04-03-14 two men threatened another male with pepper spray in an attempt to steal his motor vehicle. The victim, a bus driver, had finished his shift when he was walking towards his motor vehicle at around 6.20 pm when he was approached by the offenders. The offenders told the bus driver to take…
DetailsOn the 21-03-14 at around 4.00 am a male offender entered a 24-hour convenience store on Mt Alexander Road in Ascot Vale and threatened staff with a firearm demanding money and cigarettes. On the 01-04-14 at around 3.15 pm a male offender entered the same convenience store and again threatened the shop assistant with a…
DetailsOn the 02-04-14 at around 7.00 am a forty-seven-year-old male was shot dead to his upper torso during his morning walk some one hundred meters from his home. A passing truck driver discovered the body and unsuccessfully tried to revive him. Police described the murder as a ‘brazen, high-risk crime in the middle of a…
DetailsOn the 02-04-14 at around 7.00 am the body of a young female aged in her late teens to mid twenties was discovered by a worker on Lace Street in Doveton. Police indicated that the victim had sustained traumatic head and facial injuries believed to have been caused at the scene and described the assault…
DetailsOn the 1st April 2014 at around 7.45 pm a man entered the Milk Bar on Goldsworthy Road in Corio armed with a firearm. The offender threatened the shop attendant and demanded money before jumping the counter and stealing items before fleeing on foot. Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for any information regarding…
DetailsOn Monday the 01-04-14 at around 8.00 pm it is believed that a forty-eight-year-old man was assaulted and subsequently passed away at the scene. A fifty-six-year-old local man is currently assisting homicide police with their investigating. If you are a family member of a murder victim call 1800 000 055 or (03) 9415 9492 or…
DetailsOn the 01-04-14 at around 2.20 pm a police officer was waving traffic into the testing area on The Great Eastern Way in South Morang when he was struck by a motor bike. The male motor bike rider failed to stop. The police officer sustained a severe injury to his arm and was treated at a…
DetailsOn the 31-03-14 at around 3.40 pm a male aged in his fifties or sixties asked a fifteen-year-old girl to assist him with his motor vehicle. The teenager obliged and the offender then forced her into his motor vehicle where he assaulted her. The young female managed to escape and run home and the police…
DetailsOn Sunday the 29th March 2014 at around 6.45 pm two elderly men were walking along Chapel Street in St Kilda when they were approached by two males aged in their twenties. An altercation arose during which the fifty-eight-year-old male was punched to the head causing him to fall to the ground. His male companion…
DetailsOn Saturday the 29-03-14 at around 1.30 pm a female had parked her motor vehicle at a shopping centre car park on McCrae Street in Dandenong when an unknown male approached and opened her driver’s side door. The male offender threatened the female victim with a syringe and told her to get out of the…
DetailsOn the 11-03-14 at around 3.30 pm a sixteen-year-old girl was walking home from school along Murray Road in Coburg when she was followed by an unknown male. The male asked her where she was going and when she ignored him he came up behind her and attempted to grab her by her shoulders and…
DetailsOn Monday the 24-03-14 at around 2.30 pm a fight broke out between two men on a train at the Ginifer railway station in St Albans. The Transit Crime Investigation Unit is appealing for witnesses and is keen to speak to anyone who may wish to make a police statement. If you have been a…
DetailsOn the 24th March 2014 a nineteen-year-old male assailant stabbed a forty-seven-year-old male victim in Wycheproof, north-west Victoria. The assailant was arrested shortly afterwards and appeared at the St Arnaud Magistrates Court where he was sentenced to three months’ prison. Victims of stabbing, physical assault or other violent crime call 1800 000 055 or (03)…
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