Crime
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Maddingley man jailed for child sexual abuse
A 28-year-old Maddingley man, has been sentenced to five years’ jail with a minimum of three years for inciting child sexual abuse and pornography offences, and…
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Stolen play equipment found
A Brookfield childcare centre that has been broken into four times in four months has been reunited with play equipment stolen in mid-July. Security footage…
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Stolen play equipment found
A Brookfield childcare centre that has been broken into four times in four months has been reunited with play equipment stolen in mid-July. Security footage…
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Callous thief steals childcare centre toys
Melton police are on the hunt for a thief who stole playground equipment from the Eclipse childcare centre. Security footage captured the man breaking into…
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Callous thieves steal SES equipment
Bacchus Marsh State Emergency Service volunteers are reeling after heartless thieves stole equipment from their Gisborne Road headquarters. At about 3.40am on Monday, two offenders,…
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Judge upholds ‘generous’ prison sentence
A Supreme Court judge has dismissed a Ballarat man’s appeal against his sentence, adding that the sentence imposed was a “generous one”. Christopher John Gladigau,…
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Copper thieves cut off homes and businesses
Brazen thieves have cost a Plumpton business dozens of customers and tens of thousands of dollars of lost trade. Avanti restaurant manager Joseph Brancaleone said…
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Youth stabbed during shopping centre altercation
Police have arrested three teenagers following the stabbing of another teen in Melton yesterday. Police and emergency services were called to the Primary Medical and Dental…
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Three arrested after teenager stabbed
Police have arrested three men following the alleged stabbing of a 17-year-old teenager in Melton yesterday. Police and emergency services were called to the Primary…
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Toddlers’ toys go as thieves strike again
Thieves have hit a Brookfield childcare centre four times in the past month. In the latest robbery, a man broke into the Eclipse Child Care…
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Police concerned about gun thefts from homes
There has been a spate of burglaries on the outskirts of Melton where firearms have been stolen. Senior Sergeant Barry Jenks, of the Melton Crime…
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Melton South dad still seeking justice for son
A Melton South man is vowing to find justice for his son who died in a house fire in 2012. The family of Daniel Sheehy,…
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Police deny Melton has a gun culture
Melton police have denied the area is turning into a “ghetto” amid they are discovering guns in cars every two days in the north-west metro region.…
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Reward offered for Bunninyong cold case
Police have announced a $1 million reward to solve a 1999 cold case of a Buninyong woman who was strangled to death. Bushwalkers found the body…
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