On Wednesday the 14-11-12 at around 11.40 pm a thirty-six-year-old female was walking behind shops in Watsonia when she was grabbed by a male assailant and dragged into a lane way. The female victim fought back and after a brief struggle and assailant released her and fled. The victim suffered minor abrasions and bruising and…
DetailsOn Saturday the 11-11-12 at around 7.30 pm a sixteen year old male was confronted by a gang of up to thirty individuals of Asian appearance at the Eltham Train Station. The victim was waiting for a bus when he was attacked and stabbed three times to the stomach. The victim was treated at the…
DetailsOn Saturday the 10-11-12 at around 10.15 pm a taxi driver collected two male passengers from Fitzroy and drove them to Belgrave. The passengers pre-paid their fare and then fell asleep in the back seat. Upon arriving at the destination the two men awoke and as the taxi driver was giving them their change they…
DetailsOn the 12-11-12 at around 1.40 am a twenty-nine-year-old man was walking to a friend’s home in Yarraville when he was confronted by up to six young adult males. The gang of males proceeded to physically assault the victim who sustained minor facial injuries before managing to flee and hide. The victim then flagged down…
DetailsOn the 08-11-12 a twenty-nine-year-old male from Shepparton was charged with assaulting police and resisting arrest after fleeing from his motor vehicle that was intercepted in Mooroopna. The assailant had an outstanding warrant and is expected to be remanded in custody. If you have been the victim of a physical assault while at work call…
DetailsOn the 30-10-12 at around 7.00 pm a thirty-four-year old male victim was violently assaulted at a St Kilda Rooming House by several male assailants. The victim sustained serious head injuries and was unconscious when paramedics arrived and was treated at The Alfred Hospital. One assailant has been charged to date. On the same day…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 23-10-12 at around about 8.10 pm a forty-two-year-old Bus Driver picked up a male passenger in Doncaster. The passenger attempted to pay the driver with small coins at which time the driver offered him a free ride. The male then violently attacked the driver repeatedly punching him to the face. Another passenger…
DetailsOn Sunday the 21-10-12 at around 2.00 am a twenty-six-year-old male Oakleigh Hotel staff member asked four teenage assailants to leave the hotel and three of them returned a short time later and physically assaulted the victim with a bottle. The victim sustained lacerations to his face and was treated at the Casey Hospital. The…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 23-10-12 at around 1.30 pm a thirty-three-year-old male victim was threatened by a twenty-two-year-old male assailant with an imitation gun following a road rage incident at the Bulleen Plaza car park. The victim was forced to lie on the ground and threatened to be killed. The assailant then fled and was quickly…
DetailsOn Saturday the 20-10-12 at around 7.30 pm a seventy-four-year-old female was watching television at her Ballarat home when she went to investigate a noise and was confronted by a male assailant who grabbed her around her neck and demanded money. The elderly victim gave the assailant a small amount of money and he then…
DetailsOn the 21-10-12 at around 2.50 am a thirty-nine-year-old male victim was physically assaulted after earlier being involved in a minor altercation at a Mildura nightclub. The victim sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to the Alfred Hospital.
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On Sunday the 21-10-12 just after midnight three male assailants robbed and physically assaulted a thirty-seven-year-old male victim in Fitzroy North just after leaving the Lord Newry Hotel. The victim was followed by the three assailants in a motor vehicle who used a taser gun to subdue him before stealing his possessions and fleeing in…
DetailsOn the 14-10-12 at around 3.00 am it is alleged that a thirty-three-year-old taxi driver physically assaulted two nineteen-year-old females in Collingwood. The taxi driver was interviewed by police but has not been barred from driving taxis. The victims said that they asked the taxi driver to take them to Collingwood and while doing so…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 16-10-12 at around 10.30 pm three masked male assailants armed with a gun forced there was into the Wyndham Vale home and assaulted the thirty-one-year-old female occupant, striking her to the head and body, before stealing her Holden Commodore motor vehicle. Two other females were present at the time. The female victim…
DetailsOn Saturday the 13-10-12 at around midnight a thirty-year-old taxi driver was physically assaulted and robbed by a twenty-year-old male and a nineteen-year-old female. The assailants were captured on the taxi CCTV and were arrested a short time later. For financial support and professional advice call Victims of Crime Compensation Victoria 1800 000 055 or…
DetailsOn Sunday the 14-10-12 at around 10.30 pm a fight broke out outside the Anglers Tavern Hotel in Maribyrnong between two groups which resulted in three males sustaining stab wounds. The victims were treated at the Royal Melbourne and Footscray Hospitals. Police are currently investigating the altercation and no one has been charged to date. For…
DetailsOn Sunday the 06-10-12 just before midday a sixty-eight-year-old woman was placing her groceries in the boot of her motor vehicle together with her husband when a male assailant in his twenties approached her and pushed her to the ground. The elderly female victim sustained suffered broken wrists and a cracked spine. It is believed…
DetailsOn the 15-10-12 at around 5.45 pm three male assailants approached the twenty-three-year-old male victim in the street and proceeded to assault him with a cricket bat. The victim suffered serious facial fractures and was taken to the Austin Hospital. A green Holden Commodore motor vehicle was seen in the area at the time according…
DetailsOn the 15-10-12 just before 6.00 pm a police officer intercepted an adult male after he was speeding along the Mallee Highway in Northern Victoria. The male reported a positive breath test for alcohol and then refused to be compliant and proceeded to physically assault the police officer before fleeing in the police vehicle. The…
DetailsOn the 07-10-12 at around 4.00 pm a family was the victim of a road rage incident outside a Milk Bar in Endeavour Hills. It is alleged that a Caucasian female aged in her forties and driving a four wheel drive motor vehicle verbally and racially abused the family while a second motor vehicle being…
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