On the 08-10-18 at around 10.55 am a male offender entered a bank on Bass Highway in Grantville armed with a knife and hammer. He then proceeded to approach two bank attendants making demands for cash before fleeing empty-handed. The offender was wearing a balaclava, long-sleeved high-visibility polo top and dark track pants at the…
DetailsIn summary, the Commission recommends that the proposed Act provide that the objectives of the Act are to recognise victims, assist victims in their recovery and complement other services provided to victims, and that the proposed Act include further guiding principles emphasising the importance of a beneficial approach that prioritises victims’ needs, safety and wellbeing.…
DetailsOn the 28-09-18 at around 9.30am two masked male offenders entered the supermarket on Grimshaw Street in Bundoora. The offenders approached a staff member, one producing a butterfly knife and the other a kitchen knife, before making demands for cash. The men fled the store with a cash register drawer which was later recovered nearby.…
DetailsOn the 29-09-18 a man armed with a knife attended a service station on Horsburgh Drive in Altona North just before 3.30am and fled with cigarettes. The same offender was involved in an aggravated carjacking on Raleigh Street in Essendon about 11.15am that same morning. Later that day, at around 1.00pm, the offender was involved…
DetailsOn the 2-10-18 at around 11.45pm a 20-year-old male was parked outside a business on Church Street in Morwell when two armed male teenagers approached his car. The teenage offenders demanded the victim get out of silver Subaru Impreza and they then got in and drove off. The victim was not physically injured during the…
DetailsOn the 18-09-18 at around 7.20am three men entered the tobacco store on Evans Street in Sunbury wearing balaclavas over their faces. One offender jumped over the service counter and grabbed the fifty-one-year-old female store attendant by her hair, forcing her to open two registers, while demanding cash. The two other offenders went into a…
DetailsOn the 8-9-18 at around 6.30 pm a taxi driver picked up a male on Blackfriars Road in Wantirna and drove him to an address on Dandenong Road in Malvern East arriving at around 7.00pm. When the taxi stopped the offender reached over and grabbed the driver in a headlock, pressing an unknown object to…
DetailsOn the 04-09-18 at around 6.30pm a sixty-year-old Ringwood man attended the Ringwood Lake on Maroondah Highway searching for ‘pokemon’ on his mobile phone. He was soon approached by a group of four or five youths on the bridge demanding he hand over his personal belongings. The offenders then proceeded to assault the elderly victim,…
DetailsJust after midnight on 31 August 2018 a dark-coloured Toyota Coupe containing three men pulled up alongside a male on High Street in Glen Iris. Two males got out of the car and grabbed the victim, causing him to fall to the ground. One of the offenders then walked the victim onto a nearby footbridge…
DetailsJust after midnight on the 10th September 2018 three male offenders broke into a home on Loller Street in Springvale after forcing the front door open. The two occupants, who were woken from their sleep, attempted to barricade themselves in a bedroom but one of the burglars forced a metal pole through the door striking…
DetailsOn the 19-08-18 just after midnight a 46-year-old Craigieburn man was sitting in his Mercedes in a supermarket car park on Blair Street in Dallas when two men, both armed with a firearm, exited a nearby vehicle and approached him. The offenders demanded he get out before driving off in his vehicle, while another car…
DetailsOn the 21-08-18 at around 3.00pm a woman was assaulted whilst riding her bicycle along a bike path in parkland near Vincent Road in Wangaratta. The unknown man offender approached the victim and grabbed her around the neck, pushing her to the ground, while demanding cigarettes and money. The offender proceeded to punch the victim…
DetailsOn Friday 17th August 2018 at around 8.20pm a thirty-four-year-old female parked her car in the garage of her Habitat Court home in Tarneit when she was followed inside by four males who proceeded to ransack her home. One of the offenders produced a machete and punched the woman to the face before making demands…
DetailsOn the 23-08-18 just before 7am a 38-year-old man was assaulted with a hammer in a residential driveway on Church Street in Keilor. The victim sustained a laceration to the back of his head and was taken to hospital. A woman and children were present inside the house during the incident but were unharmed. The…
DetailsAt around 12.30 on the 23-08-18 a male was kidnapped from a residential property in Wantirna and taken to a smash repairs factory in Lilydale where the offenders demanded he give them a motor vehicle under repair at the factory. Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit detectives have since charged a Yarra Junction man with kidnapping,…
DetailsOn the 23-08-18 at around 9.50pm three males entered a restaurant on Lake Street in Caroline Springs armed with metal bars and a meat cleaver. The offenders smashed a number of items as they attempted to steal the cash register but fled empty-handed in a vehicle. Some ten minutes later three males with bandanas covering…
DetailsOn the 09-08-18 at around 3.00 am two male offenders entered a property on Castley Crescent in Braybrook and demanded cash from a male resident. The offenders then proceeded to seriously assault the victim before taking him from the property. Police were called and soon after arrested two twenty-two-year-old Braybrook men and recovered the victim…
DetailsOn the 08-08-18 just before 4.30 am an offender armed with a firearm entered a convenience store on Springvale Road in Springvale South. The offender approached the front counter and demanded cash from the forty-year-old male staff member who quickly attempted to lock himself in a store room behind the counter but was shot to…
DetailsOn the 05-08-18 at around 10.30 pm a seventeen-year-old boy and his friend were approached by two unknown males, believed to be aged in their late teens, while at a post office in Pakenham. The pair then followed the victims as they walked along the Pakenham Creek Reserve Trail before producing a knife and demanding…
DetailsOn the 26-07-18 just after 9.00 pm a fifty-seven-year-old Narre Warren South woman was driving her white VW Golf R along Harrington Drive in Narre Warren when her car was struck from behind by a light-coloured four- wheel drive. The woman got out of her car to check the damage when she was approached by…
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