On the 20-11-16 at around 4.30 pm the male offender entered a taxi at the intersection of Stephensons Road and Waverley Road in Chadstone requesting to be driven to Melbourne. A short time later the male attacked the taxi driver with a knife. The taxi driver quickly stopped the taxi and fled the vehicle having sustained…
DetailsOn the 15-06-16 two male offenders, aged seventeen and twenty-one-years, and armed with weapons were arrested by Brunswick police following several armed robberies on taxi drivers that evening in the Coburg and Brunswick areas. At around 10.00 pm a taxi driver was threatened on Sydney Road and the offenders fled with cigarettes. At around 11.40…
DetailsOn the 02-08-13 at around 8.50 pm a man got in taxi at the Coles Supermarket in Redan and asked the taxi driver to take him to the Flying Horse Bistro. While in transit the male threatened the taxi driver with a knife before running away with cash. The assailant is described as being aged…
DetailsOn Saturday the 6th July at around 3.25 am South Melbourne police charged a thirty-nine-year-old male following an assault on a taxi driver on Kings Way in the city. The assailant was charged with numerous offences including assault by kicking and unlawful assault. The taxi driver victim received facial injuries. A second male is assisting police…
DetailsOn Saturday the 20-04-13 at around 4.30 am a taxi driver was physically assaulted by a male passenger in Montmorency. The taxi driver collected four passengers in Ringwood and during the fare one of the passengers was behaving inappropriately and verbally abusing the taxi driver. The taxi driver then stopped on Main Road and asked…
DetailsOn the 20-02-13 at around 11.25 pm a taxi driver was the victim of an armed robbery perpetrated by two unknown males in Caroline Springs. The taxi driver collected the assailants at the Sunshine Railway Station who then threatened him with knives demanding cash. A thirty-year-old male has since been arrested and charged with armed…
DetailsOn Saturday the 2nd February 2013 two men physically assaulted a taxi driver, punching him to the head, in Dandenong after failing to pay the far. The assault was witnessed by a number of other taxi drivers who came to the victim’s aid. The two offenders, aged twenty and twenty-three years, were charged by police.…
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 Friday the 02-11-12 at around 2.30 am a twenty-two-year-old Taxi Driver was assaulted and attempted to be robbed by a thirty-three-year-old male assailant in South Melbourne. Police arrived promptly at the scene and arrested the assailant after a short foot pursuit. The taxi driver received only minor injuries. For financial support and professional advice…
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 the 14-10-12 at around 2.00 am a twenty-three-year-old taxi driver picked up two male passengers aged in their twenties in Coburg who soon threatened him with a knife demanding cash. The assailants stole $550.00 in cash plus the taxi driver’s credit cards. The taxi driver, who is also a student, described the ordeal as…
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 10-09-12 at around 1.00 am a twenty-year-old male attacked a thirty-year-old Taxi Driver over a $50.00 fare. It is believed that the assailant’s EFTPOS card was declined resulting in an argument with the assailant punching the Taxi Driver several times to his face and head before fleeing. The victim sustained a suspected…
DetailsOn the 13-07-12 at around 9.30 pm a male and a female got into a taxi and told the Taxi Driver not to put the metre on as they were only travelling a short distance. The Taxi Driver refused the fair and asked them to get out at which time the male leaned over the…
DetailsOn the 01-08-12 at around 3.00 am a taxi driver was found in Mount Waverley stabbed to death and his vehicle located in Glen Waverley after being involved in an accident with the driver incinerated. The taxi driver died of stab wounds to his upper body. It is believed that the assailant was driving the…
DetailsOn the 17-06-12 at around midnight two stolen motor vehicles pulled up beside a taxi in Sunshine and between four and six assailants wearing balaclavas and armed with baseball bats and golf clubs attacked the taxi and stole money from the taxi driver. Within ninety minutes four more similar incidents occurred with a taxi driver…
DetailsOn the 09-06-12 at around 5.00 am a taxi driver picked up a young adult male of Asian appearance in Southbank who threatened the Taxi Driver with a knife before stealing money as well as the motor vehicle keys and running away. If you have been the victim of a crime contact Victims of Crime…
DetailsA taxi was called to a Werribee location at around 2.30 am and a male proceeded to sit in the front passenger seat while two other males wearing balaclavas opened the driver’s door and threatened the taxi driver with knives demanding cash. The police apprehended four teenage males shortly afterwards. A series of alleged crimes…
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