On Friday the 25-08-12 at around 11.15 pm a male victim was physically assaulted by a twenty-year-old male assailant outside Crown Casino. The victim sustained injuries to his upper body and was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious condition. The assailant was arrested at the scene and bailed to appear at court on…
DetailsOn the 23-08-12 at around 8.30 am a sixty-four-year-old man was driving along the Hume Highway through Craigieburn when a bullet was fired through his rear motor vehicle window causing it to shatter. The bullet was fired from nearby grasslands. Fortunately the driver was not physically injured. For support and advice call 1800 000 055…
DetailsOn Thursday the 16-08-12 at around 5.00 pm in Altona a fifty-seven-year-old female victim was approached by a male aged around thirty years and of Middle Eastern appearance who attempted to start a conversation with her before attempting to indecently assault her. Police believe that the same assailant is responsible four other similar incidents that…
DetailsOn the 21-08-12 at around 4.00 pm two teenage assailants were involved in an armed robbery of a Puckle Street shop. Police quickly arrested a nineteen-year-old male and a seventeen-year-old female at the Moonee Ponds train station and both have been remanded in custody. For support and advice call 1800 000 055 or go to…
DetailsOn the 22-08-12 at around 3.00 am a male assailant aged around twenty-years entered the BP Petrol Station in Bayswater and demanded cash from the attendant. The assailant then proceeded to stab the attendant to his upper body before running away. The twenty-five-year-old victim was treated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. For financial support and…
DetailsOn the 21-08-12 a fifteen-year-old female student from Melton High School was waiting for the morning school bus outside the Melton Shopping Centre when she was set up by three teenage assailants and physically assaulted. The young victim suffered from shock and bruising.
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On the 20-08-12 at around 2.30 pm two assailants armed with a knife stole cash from a Dandenong South furniture store. One of the assailants punched a staff member to the face who sustained minor facial injuries. The assailants have since been apprehended and charged by police and remanded to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates…
DetailsFor frontline police most recently Domestic Violence has increasingly been their focus with police statistics now showing domestic violence as the main driver of a surge in reported crimes against the person. Domestic disputes increased by 30% in 2010-11 to 41,000 with the number of domestic violence referrals to support agencies doubling in the past…
DetailsOn Thursday the 20-08-12 at around 11.00 pm two men armed with a gun and a baton robbed the Fitzroy North Hotel. The offenders demanded money from a staff member in the gaming area who complied and handed over cash. The offenders then fled out the back door and a white coloured motor vehicle was…
DetailsOn Friday the 17-08-12 at around 9.30 pm the thirty-one-year-old victim became involved in a verbal altercation in Dandenong with the drivers of two other motor vehicles. All three men alighted from their motor vehicles and the victim was then punched several times to the head requiring treatment from the Dandenong Hospital. If you have…
DetailsOn Sunday the 19-08-12 at around 8.30 pm a fifteen-year-old boy was the victim of a robbery and physical assault in the Melbourne CBD. The victim was walking along Bourke Street when he was approached by several males who asked for the time and when the victim looked at his mobile phone for the time…
DetailsOn the 19-08-12 at around 2.30 am a twenty-six-year-old male was approached by an unknown male assailant in South Yarra who proceeded to slash the victim to the neck with a box cutter. The assailant then fled and the attack was described as unprovoked. The victim was treated at The Alfred Hospital with serious injuries.…
DetailsOn the 16-08-12 at around 7.40 pm a seventeen-year-old male was walking through Springvale when he was forced into a motor vehicle and assaulted by four teenage males. The assailants released the victim sometime later and he immediately reported the incident to the police. The police later that evening arrested four males aged from seventeen…
DetailsIn Malaysia some 5,554 crime prevention clubs have been established in schools throughout the country. According to the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) educating children on crime was the best way to prevent them from becoming victims of crime. “Crime prevention is the best strategy to fight crime and what better way than to inculcate…
DetailsA forty-nine-year-old male has been arrested over an alleged sexual assault that occurred in a Ballarat massage business on the 12-08-12. It is alleged that at around 2.00 pm the male offender sexually assaulted a female on the premises. If you have been the victim of a sexual assault contact Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services…
DetailsOn the 15-08-12 a male assailant wearing a balaclava and armed with a knife entered the Williamstown RSL and threatened the Duty Manager with the weapon demanding cash. The assailant was given $2,000.00 and he then fled on foot. There has recently been a spate of robberies on RSL clubs across Victoria. If you have…
DetailsOn the 17-08-12 just after midnight a sixty-four-year-old woman withdrew money from an ATM in Morwell and as she was returning to her motor vehicle she was punched to the head by a male assailant. The victim fell to the ground and the assailant then repeatedly kicked her before fleeing with her hand bag and…
DetailsOn the 13-08-12 at around 1.10 pm a male assailant of African appearance aged around forty-years entered a home in Springvale South where he proceeded to physically and sexually assault the thirty-five-year-old female resident. The female victim screamed at which time the assailant fled and she sustained only minor physical injuries but was significantly emotionally…
DetailsOn the 15-08-12 at around 6.00 pm a male exposed himself to two eleven-year-old girls who were on their way home after playing at a Melton park. The male offender was riding a bike when he exposed himself to the two young girls and then began to masturbate. If you have been the victim of…
DetailsOn the 14-08-12 at around 7.45 pm a female was walking through Templestowe when the male assailant approached her from behind and indecently assaulted her. The female victim fell to the ground screaming at which time the assailant fled. The assailant was described as being in his mid twenties, Asian and wearing a hooded top.…
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