A man has been arrested following a stabbing in Blind Bight on the 21 July 2019. Police responded to multiple reports of a car seen driving erratically in the area from about 9.45pm. It is believed an alleged altercation occurred between the driver and the occupants of another vehicle which resulted in a man sustaining…
DetailsOn the 28 June at about 5.20pm a man was sitting in his parked van on Separation Street when an unknown man wearing a hi-visibility vest approached his van and opened the driver’s side door. The man assaulted the victim before fleeing the scene in a white Toyota Hilux. The attack was unprovoked. The victim,…
DetailsOn the 5-5-19 at around 4.00 am three masked males forced their way into a home located on Tasman Crescent in Taylors Lakes and stole a set of keys to a motor vehicle. The group of offenders were confronted by the occupants of the home and a scuffle ensued before the offenders fled in the…
DetailsOn the 04-05-19 at around 7.40 pm two groups of youths became involved in an altercation on Walkers Road in Lara, with two men sustaining stab wounds during the incident. A 21-year-old Geelong West man and 18-year-old Corio man attended a nearby service station to seek assistance and were both soon transported to hospital with…
DetailsOn the 30-04-19 at around 9.10 pm the victim was driving his Nissan Navara with a motorcycle on a trailer attached, out of a petrol station on Bell Street. The offender pulled up next to the victim in a silver Subaru station wagon armed with a weapon and made demands for his vehicle. The victim…
DetailsOn the 24-03-19 at around 1.30 am a male was walking on the Pyreness Highway in Ararat when he was approached by two unknown offenders who made demands for his wallet and watch. A struggle then ensued with the victim managing to free himself before the offenders fled on foot towards Campbell Street. The victim…
DetailsOn the 31-03-19 at around 9.30 pm a male offender armed with a firearm and wearing an open-faced balaclava enter the Werribee gaming venue via the Werribee Street North entrance. The offender approached a staff member and made a demand for cash, threatening them with the firearm. The cashier gave the man a quantity of…
DetailsOn the 17-03-19 at around 4.30am a fight broke out in front of a kebab shop on Moorabool Street in Geelong. A man from Western Australia, who was passing by at the time, attempted to calm the situation down when he was punched in the head by one of the men involved in the scuffle.…
DetailsOn the 13-03-19 at around 7.30am an offender broke into a home on Merrigum Crescent in Clarinda was confronted by the home owner and fled empty-handed from the premises. A short time later the offender broke into a home on Clarinda Road where he was again confronted by the home owner. A scuffle occurred and…
DetailsVOCAT is established by legislation to provide financial assistance to victims of violent crime committed in Victoria. We assist victims to recover from a crime by providing financial assistance for expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, as a direct result of the crime. To make a crime compensation application go to victimsofcrime.com.au
On the 23-02-19 two women entered a store on Mair Street in Ballarat and stole a speaker. As they tried to leave the store they were stopped by security and staff before one woman produced a small knife stabbed the victim before both women fled the scene on foot. The twenty-eight-year-old male victim from sustained…
DetailsOn the 17-02-19 at around 4.20 pm a seventy-one-year-old man from Hampton East got into his vehicle which was parked in the shopping centre car park on Bluff Road in Hampton. Two male offenders approached the victim’s vehicle and one of the offenders opened the driver door and pulled the victim out of the white…
DetailsOn the 14-02-19 at around 3.45am six males forced entry into a house on Fabian Court in Maribyrnong via the rear door. The male resident was soon confronted by the offenders who struck him to the head with a golf club. The offenders, who are perceived to be African in appearance, fled the scene in…
DetailsOn the 12-02-19 at around 3.15am a male entered a service station on South Gippsland Highway in Tooradin and after selecting flavoured milk went to the front counter and asked the shop attendant for a packet of cigarettes. The offender then produced a sawn-off shotgun and threatened the attendant who handed over cash and cigarettes…
DetailsOn the 10-02-19 just after midnight a group of around twenty individuals were fighting along Caroline Springs Boulevard in Caroline Springs. Three people were injured during the incident, with two men aged eighteen and twenty-nine-years, taken to hospital with stab wounds. Police executed warrants across the western suburbs following a thorough investigation into the incident…
DetailsOn the 7-2-19 at around 10.30pm a thirty-four-year-old Berwick male entered a service station on Clyde Road in Berwick. The male offender then produced a handgun and forced the shop attendant to hand over cash before fleeing from the store. Police soon arrested the offender early the following morning at a property on Melrose Court…
DetailsOn the 06-02-19 at around 9.20 pm the male offender armed with a firearm robbed a fast food outlet on Princes Highway and stole a small amount of cash. At about 6.40pm the same day the same offender armed with a knife attended a service station on Cheltenham Road again stealing a small amount of…
DetailsOn the 05-02-19 a twenty-three-year-old male attempted to commit an armed robbery at a supermarket on High Street in Terang threatening a victim with a weapon before demanding money. The victim then fought off the offender who fled empty handed. Police soon arrested the offender at a property on Pile Court in Portland and charged him…
DetailsOn the 27-01-19 at around 5.15pm a woman entered a High Street petrol station and asked the service station attendant for assistance before producing a knife and demanding cash and cigarettes and then fleeing south along High Street with cash and cigarettes. It is believed that the same female offender on the 8-01-19 at around…
DetailsOn the 11-01-19 a twenty-four-year-old man from Clayton was walking on Haughton Road in Clayton South when he was approached by a man driving a light-coloured SUV. The driver threatened the victim with a knife and baseball bat, demanding his wallet and mobile phone. The victim quickly ran off onto Carinish Road where he came…
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