Crime
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Crime rise a ‘safety crisis’, warns Police Association
The ‘thin blue line’ has been so stretched it’s only a matter of time before it snaps, the Police Association has warned as statistics reveal…
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High tech crime fight for Diggers Rest residents
Melton’s top cop and a community safety guru will meet Diggers Rest residents next week to talk about preventing crime. A growth in the crime…
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Carjackings, home invasions face full force of law
Armed home invasions and carjackings will be upgraded and harsher sentences given out under new crime laws introduced into State Parliament last week. People charged…
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Man found in gutter after alleged hit-and-run in Melton
A man has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after he was found lying in a gutter in Melton. Police were called to Westmelton…
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Man arrested and charged following ‘erratic’ drive
A 24-year-old Corio man has been remanded in custody, charged with reckless conduct endangering life. The man was allegedly seen driving a stolen car erratically…
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‘I snapped’: Makeny Banek pleads guilty to murdering Melton woman Abuk Akek
Abuk Akek came to Australia to escape war-ravaged Sudan, only to be murdered in her Melton unit by the man she had a son with.…
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Man admits to being an accessory to Simone Quinlan murder
One of three men charged over the death of Melton mother Simone Quinlan has had a murder charge struck out but pleaded guilty to being…
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Simone Quinlan had five gunshot head wounds, court hears
Murdered mother Simone Quinlan was shot at least five times in the head and her body dumped in a mine shaft in regional Victoria, a…
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Melton Model Aircraft Club reel from theft
Melton Model Aircraft Club members are reeling after thieves stole equipment from their clubrooms in the latest of a string of attacks. Dozens of items…
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Ice-connected violence on rise in Melton
The number of people caught using methamphetamine, or ‘ice’, in Melton has quadrupled in the past three years, new data shows. And ice users are…
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Increase in burglary and theft offences in the Macedon Ranges
People are being urged to play it smart and lock their houses, sheds and cars following an increase in burglary and theft offences in the…
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Time to get serious about Melton’s soaring crime rates
Victoria’s Police Minister Lisa Neville says Melton’s spiralling crime rate is causing her concern. “We understand people are genuinely concerned, particularly with increases in theft…
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More police needed in the wake of crime statistics
The police association has called for a boost in officers – not more taskforces – as Melton’s crime rate soared more than 17 per cent…
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Total crime up in Melton but robberies down
Robberies have halved in Melton in the past 12 months, and a special police taskforce is getting the credit. The latest Crime Statistics Agency figures…
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Man charged over Melton woman’s death
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a 24-year-old Melton man with murder following the death of a woman in Melbourne’s west on Sunday night. The 20-year-old woman’s…
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