On the 27-02-13 at around 10.30 pm a melee erupted in the Union Hall at La Trobe University in Bundoora involving security guards and patrons. Three people were injured, including a twenty and a twenty-two year old male and a twenty-one year old female, all sustaining head injuries, with the males being treated at the Austin…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 26-02-13 at around 10.45 pm a twenty-three-year-old female victim was waiting at the front gate of an apartment block in Elwood when she was approached from behind by a male assailant. The assailant then proceeded to lift her skirt and indecently assault her. The female victim struck the assailant with a shopping…
DetailsOn Wednesday the 27-02-13 at around 5.50 pm a fifty-two-year-old victim was shot in the leg by a sixty-one-year-old assailant on Main Road East in St Albans. The assailant has been charged to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. If you have been the victim of a shooting or other serious physical assault call Victims of…
DetailsOn Monday the 25th February at around 7.30 pm an assailant armed with an axe confronted a thirty-two-year-old male victim in parkland near Hewish Road in Croydon. The assailant demanded cash and when the victim reported that he did not have any the assailant fled only to be arrested a short time later by Protective…
DetailsOn Friday the 15th February at around 12.30 am a masked assailant armed with a knife of African appearance entered the Deer Park Service Station on Ballarat Road and demanded cash. The assailant threatened the service station attendant who handed over cash as well as a customer who handed over his wallet before fleeing .…
DetailsThe overall recorded crime rate across Victoria has increased by 7.8%. The total number of offences recorded up by 9.5% (up 35,300 offences to a total of 406,643 offences). Crime against the person has increased by 11.2%. This is largely due to an increase in the rate of assaults, up 15.4%. Crime against property has increased by 4%,…
DetailsOn the 26-02-13 at around 4.00 pm a man wearing a mask and armed with what appeared to be a handgun threatened staff at the Peel Street Post Office in Ballarat before driving off with cash. If you have been the victim of armed robbery while at work contact Victims of Crime for financial assistance,…
DetailsThe Youth Referral and Independent Persons Program (yripp.org.au) is a Victorian State Government initiative that trains adult volunteers to support young people under eighteen-years who are victims of crime. Volunteers can attend police interviews when parents are unable, can help young people to understand their rights, can offer referral services and can ensure that young…
DetailsOn the 25-02-13 at around 8.30 am a forty-five-year-old male was approached by four male assailants of African appearance as he walked along a Dandenong street. One of the assailants produced a knife and demanded cash while another assailant kicked the victim to his back. The victim handed over some cash and the four assailants…
DetailsOn the 23-02-13 at around 1.30 am a forty-year-old female left a licensed premises in Ringwood and was walking along Oban Road when she was approached by the two male assailants. The assailants grabbed her from behind and then forced her to nearby Mullum Mullum Creek where she was sexually assaulted. The victim’s partner came…
DetailsViolent crime has soared 44 per cent across the nation in a year, as drunks repeatedly assault the same victims. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows a surge in the number of repeat assault victims during 2011/12. One in every three victims was harmed at least three times during the year. But only…
DetailsVICTIMS of crime desperately need help to negotiate a ”toothless” compensation system that only allows one in 10 victims to receive assistance, community legal services say. The Federation of Community Legal Centres has renewed calls for the state to appoint a crime victims’ commissioner, following revelations in Fairfax Media of the struggles of Nick Clarke,…
DetailsOn the 19-02-13 at around 11.30 pm two teenage boys, aged fourteen and seventeen years from St Albans, attempted to rob a cyclist in Sunshine. The incident was witnessed by patrolling police who quickly arrested the offenders. If you have been the victim of a robbery or similar violent crime call Victims of Crime for…
DetailsOn the 18-02-13 at around 9.00 pm a male and a female were involved in a physical confrontation on the platform of the Prahran Railway Station in Greville Street. A twenty-two-year-old male bystander attempted to intervene and was punched to the head by the male resulting in him sustaining serious head injuries and is in…
DetailsOn the 18-02-13 at around 7.20 am a thirty-year-old cyclist was almost involved in a collision with a motorist on St Kilda Road in St. Kilda. The motorist then stopped his vehicle and approached the cyclist and after a verbal exchange punched him to the face before driving off. The assailant was aged in his…
DetailsOn Monday the 18-02-13 at around 4.00 pm a thirty-nine-year-old male was stabbed in the McRae Street Dandenong Shopping Center car park. The victim sustained life-threatening injuries and was surgically treated at The Alfred Hospital. Dandenong CIU detectives are investigating the incident and are appealing for witnesses to come forward. If you have been the…
DetailsOn Saturday the 16-02-13 at around 10.05 am a male assailant with a knife entered a car rentals store in Sale and demanded cash from a staff member. The assailant was given cash and the offender then fled. The offender appeared to be of Aboriginal appearance and aged in his twenties. If you have been…
DetailsOn Sunday the 10th February 2013 at around 10.00 pm a twenty-three-year-old male victim was approached by three unknown males while attending the St Kilda Festival. One of males punched the victim to the face several times before the three men fled. The victim was treated at The Alfred Hospital for serious head injuries. One…
DetailsDeputy Commissioner Graham Ashton will today join Premier Ted Baillieu and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan to launch a television advertisement for Go4Zero – a campaign that aims to reduce violence of all kinds in the community. Go4Zero is a community campaign that encourages action to prevent violence and gives support to those who may be…
DetailsOn Sunday the 10th February 2013 there were three separate incidents in Coburg where a handgun was used to steal mobile phones. The first two incidents occurred in the morning in Reynard Street Coburg and the other in Station Street Coburg where the victims were approached and threatened with the handgun. The third incident occurred…
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