On Sunday the 21-04-13 at around 4.30 am a thirty-year-old female was asleep at the Melton Motor Inn when the male offender broke into her room and raped her. The offender is described as being aged from his late twenties to his mid thirties with straight hair and medium build and with an olive complexion.…
DetailsOn Friday the 10-05-13 at around 8.15 pm a male assailant armed with a shotgun robbed the Foodworks Supermarket at the Harrington Square Shopping Centre. Police indicated that more than twenty offences had been reported at the Harrington Square Shopping Centre over the past twelve months, including armed robberies and physical assaults. In July last…
DetailsOn the 07-05-13 at around 6.40 am a man was standing outside a St Kilda Tattoo Shop when he was approached by two males. The males demanded money and then punched the victim to the face stealing his wallet before fleeing in a red utility motor vehicle. Police are appealing or any witnesses. Victims of…
DetailsSexual abuse is a horrendous crime and it is really a tough debate as to determine the exact extent of the problem. Sexual abuse can happen to people of all age and any gender but as per studies, child sexual abuse is the most common and almost epidemic. Most people assume sexual abuse to be…
DetailsOf the many ills plaguing our society today one very persistent and harrowing ill is Domestic Violence. Defined as a form of physical abuse on an individual by a family member domestic violence can occur in varied relationships ranging from a marriage to between siblings to between a parent and child and so on. Violence…
DetailsOn Sunday the 19-05-13 at around 2.00 pm a twenty-seven-year-old legally blind female was walking with her guide dog along Parkmore Road in Keysborough when a motor vehicle pulled up beside her and a male assailant alighted and pulled her handbag off her shoulder before fleeing back into the back seat of the motor vehicle…
DetailsOn Sunday the 19-05-13 at around 6.30 am a twenty-four-year-old female was walking through the Melbourne CBD when she was approached by an unknown male who proceeded to sexually assault her before fleeing. The female victim was treated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. The assailant is described as being of Mediterranean appearanceand aged twenty-six to…
DetailsHighlights: Robbery decreased by 7% from 14,582 in 2009–10 to 13,617 in 2010–11 3% decrease in victims of sexual assault with 17,238 victims, 519 fewer victims than the previous year. In 2010 – 11 there were 67 more recorded victims of kidnapping and abduction. In 2010 – 11 there were 14 more recorded victims of…
DetailsOn Saturday the 11th May 2013 at around 12.30 am a male left a licensed premise on Moorabool Street in Geelong and was standing near the road when a white Holden Commodore sedan containing four or five male occupants drove past and beeped the horn. The vehicle soon pulled over next to the male and…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 14th May 2013 at around 7.00 pm a twenty-year-old female was placing groceries she had just purchased from the Somerville Road Supermarket in Hampton Park in her motor vehicle when she was approached by an unknown male. The male assailant grabbed the female victim around her waist and attempted to force her…
DetailsOn the 14-05-13 a fifty-year-old male was attacked with a sharp weapon at a vineyard pickers’ hut in Cardross Victoria. The victim sustained serious injuries including defensive wounds. Police indicated that Cardross is a small community and would like to talk with anyone who knows anything about the incident. Victims of physical assault call 1800…
DetailsOn Sunday the 5th May 2013 a fifty-nine-year-old man was leaving a supermarket in Robinvale when he was set upon by four male assailants and physically assaulted with a spanner in the supermarket car park before having cash stolen. The victim suffered minor injuries and was treated at the Robinvale District Hospital. Police are appealing…
DetailsThe Crime Victims Support Association in a non profit Charitable Association and is again running its annual Great Community Raffle and is calling for individuals to be involved to buy tickets as well as to help sell tickets. Tickets are $2.00 each and are tax deductible. The main prize is a new Nissan Pulsar valued at…
DetailsOn the 14-05-13 at around 10.50 am an armed male offender entered a home on Shetland Way in Sunbury and confronted the female occupant and her five-year-old son who had just returned come from the shops. The offender was armed with a gun and demanded money from the female victim and fled in an old…
DetailsOn the 03-05-13 at around 9.55 am a twenty-two-year-old female was at home in her Como Parade West property in Parkdale when she heard someone trying to force open the door of the upstairs balcony. The female immediately fled her home and returned some time later with her partner to discover that the door lock…
DetailsA survey released this month of statistics on violence found that less than 50% of women who experience domestic violence report the assaults to police. The survey stated that there will always be women who are understandably distressed or embarrassed about having been subjected to such violence and subsequently do not report it. The survey…
Details51,000 reported family violence incidents from 2011 to 2012. 64,000 reported family violence incidents estimated for 2012 to 2013. Ken Lay, Chief Commissioner, has said that family violence in on the rise and that the problem could not be solved by police alone. He said that recidivism rate is high and that the true extent…
DetailsOn the 09-05-13 at around 10.00 pm a twenty-seven-year-old male victim noticed a man lying on Dunstan Parade in Campbellfield. The victim went to assist the male who proceeded to kick the victim to the face and steal his wallet and mobile phone. Fawkner police are appealing for any witnesses. Victims of physical assault or…
DetailsOn Saturday the 04-05-13 at around 2.00 pm a nineteen-year-old female was waiting at platform eight at Flinders Street Station in the Melbourne CBD when a male indecently assaulted her before boarding a train at platform five. The assailant is described as being in his twenties of Indian appearance and carrying a black laptop bag.…
DetailsOn the 06-05-13 at around 7.30 am seventeen-year-old female from Aspendale was riding her bike near Mordialloc Creek in Mordialloc when a male stepped out in front of her and threatened her with a knife. The male assailant demanded money and searched her school bag but fled the scene when an elderly man walking his…
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