On Saturday the 22-02-24 at around 1.15 am residents of a home in Murray Street St Albans responded to a knock on the front door resulting in two males rushing into the home and assaulting the forty-one-year-old and forty-three-year-old male occupants. One of the victims suffered head injuries and was treated at the Footscray Hospital…
DetailsFunding to the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness, which is often used to find housing for victims of domestic violence, expires on the 30-06-14. Fiona McCormack, chief executive of Domestic Violence Victoria, said the majority of family violence services were funded through the housing and homelessness budgets. She said that “family violence in Victoria accounts…
DetailsArmed Robbery – Bendigo On the 12-02-14 just after 10.00 pm a male entered the Nando’s fast-food outlet in the Bendigo city centre and produced a firearm. Staff reported that the offender then stole money before running out of the store and towards Rosalind Park. Aggravated Burglary – Bendigo On Saturday the 15-02-14 two male…
DetailsOn Wednesday the 19-02-14 the bodies of an elderly couple were found stabbed to death in their Murrumbeena home. Police indicated that there were no obvious signs of a forced entry into their home and no evidence that the couple had assaulted each other. Police said that they are searching for a motive and have…
DetailsOn the 19-02-14 at around 8.30 am a forty-three-year-old doctor was stabbed multiple times in the foyer of the Western Hospital. A forty-eight-year-old man from Sunshine was arrested at the scene and charged and remanded in custody. The doctor was treated at the Western hospital in a serious but stable condition. On the 24-01-14 at…
DetailsAt around 5.15 am on the 12th February 2014 a nineteen-year-old female was walking towards the Sandown Park Railway Station in Noble Park when a motor vehicle containing two males pulled up in front of her. The male passenger alighted from the motor vehicle and began running towards her and threatening her. The teenage female…
DetailsOn the 03-02-14 at around 12.30 am two campers were awoken by three offenders at a camping ground near Shepparton. The offenders were armed with a hatchet and a firearm and demanded money before fleeing with the victim’s iphone in a motor vehicle. The victims are a twenty-three-year-old Italian female and a twenty-one-year-old English male.…
DetailsAggravated Burglary – Meadow Heights On Monday the 03-02-14 at around 2.00 am a male offender gained entry into a home on Hamlyn Court in Meadow Heights and was confronted by the forty-year-old female resident. A n altercation occurred during which the female was stabbed. The female victim was treated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.…
DetailsStabbing – Balaclava On Saturday the 01-02-14 at around 7.50 pm a forty-six-year-old male was struck to the head with a bottle outside a licensed premises on Carlisle Street in Balaclava following an argument. The victim managed to walk away only to be stabbed a short time later in a nearby supermarket car park. The…
DetailsSexual Assault – Gippsland On Monday the 27the January 2014 at around 9.20 pm a sixteen-year-old girl was followed from the Sale Train Station by an unknown male. The male then approached the teenager and engaged her in a brief conversation before grabbing and indecently assaulting her in a supermarket car park. The young female…
DetailsIn 2012-13 in Victoria police were called to 60,829 family violence incidents and laid charges in 25,574 of the cases. In NSW in the 12 months to September police recorded 27,808 domestic assaults. In Victoria in 2012-13 there were 45 homicides in family settings. According to the Australian Institute of Criminology 44% of all intimate…
DetailsPhysical Assault – Dandenong On Monday the 20th January 2014 at around 12.30 am a twenty-five-year-old male was walking from the Dandenong Railway Station when he heard a man calling out for help and went to assist. The victim was then pushed to the ground from behind by a woman and the male he went…
DetailsVictoria’s prisoner population has increased by almost 12% cent in the last three years. In 2012-13 spending on Victorian prisons increased to $625 million. In the past three years the daily average prison population has increased by 534 to 5,120 inmates. Currently the Victorian Government is delivering the largest prison expansion programs in the state’s history. Since…
DetailsOn Wednesday the 29-01-14 at around 4.50 pm a twenty-eight-year-old female was waiting at pedestrian lights in Carlton at the intersection of Rathdowne and Grattan Streets when she was punched to her back from behind. The female victim turned at which time the assailant spat in her face before fleeing through Carlton Gardens. The offender…
DetailsOn Monday the 27-01-14 at around 9.00 pm a twenty-eight-year-old man threatened staff at the Echuca Pizza Shop with a knife demanding cash. A short time later the offender handed himself in to police and was charged with armed robbery. If you have been a victim of crime call 1800 000 055 or go to…
DetailsOn the 28-12-13 at around 6.30 pm a thirty-two-year-old disabled woman was indecently assaulted by a male near the main entrance of the Flinders Street Railway Station in the Melbourne CBD. This offender is described as being of solid build with grey hair and around 188cm in height and was wearing shorts, runners and a…
DetailsOn the 27-01-14 at around 12.15 am a resident found a forty-one-year-old male suffering from a stab wound in the driveway of a home on Thompson Road in Geelong. The male victim was taken to Geelong Hospital in a stable condition for treatment. Witnesses said that they saw several males leaving the scene following the…
DetailsOn Monday the 27-01-14 at around 10.00 pm emergency services arrived at a home on Billingham Road in Deer Park to find a twenty-year-old male from Diggers Rest deceased. It is believed that up to ten armed offenders forced entry into the home where a confrontation took place with the occupants. Homicide police are appealing…
DetailsOn Thursday the 23-01-14 just after 10.00 pm a twenty-one-year-old female was walking along the Burwood Highway when she was grabbed from behind and dragged into the front yard of an unoccupied house. The female victim was then physically and sexually assaulted. The male assailant was described as being of Asian appearance and aged between…
DetailsOn the 24-12-13 at around 9.30 pm a twenty-eight-year-old taxi driver was assaulted and robbed by four male passengers. The taxi driver picked up the males on Beaconsfield Parade and one offender soon punched him to the face while another stole cash from his pockets. The four offenders then alighted and smashed bottles on the…
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