New police
The Westgate Police division, spanning from Footscray to Werribee, has been allocated 42 extra police – six in Hobsons Bay and two in Maribyrnong – as well as two new family violence specialists in Footscray and one in Laverton.
Stabbing charges
A 19-year-old Point Cook man has been charged over the stabbing of two men in Altona North on March 4. The man was arrested after detectives on Thursday executed a search warrant at a home in Broadbeach Circuit, Point Cook. The man was charged with intentionally and recklessly causing serious injury and bail offences.
Fire under investigation
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a South Kingsville engineering plant on Friday. The office area in the mezzanine level of the New Street building caught fire shortly after 1am. It took 24 firefighters about an hour to bring the blaze under control.
Water works
Water mains built in along Hopkins Street almost a century ago will be upgraded in a $188,000 project by City West Water. The works, between Nicholson and Moore streets, begin this month and will take about three weeks.
