Marcellin’s muck-up day trouble at ‘Alphonse Gangitano Oval’
The unofficial name for Marcellin College’s oval isn’t the only way Melbourne’s most prestigious schools could commemorate their colourful former pupils.
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Racing scoundrels who win big, lose bigger
Some criminals get away with murder, while others who frequent racetracks get away with money — at least for a while anyway.
Cost of living crisis bites crooks as gun prices soar
Even crims can’t escape Victoria’s cost of living crunch, with a firearm crackdown by police seeing the price of some semiautomatic handguns jump by $15,000.
How a vanilla slice ended Melbourne’s gangland wars
It has now been 20 years since a meeting of criminal minds and a fake handshake in a Red Rooster carpark led to a horrendous murder, but also marked the beginning of the end of the Underbelly war.
From Snortsea to Crackenham: Melbourne’s suburbs reimagined
A map of Melbourne suburbs unkindly renamed to reflect what some may consider a deeper truth of the area has been given an upgrade.
How armed robbery pros stole $5m in Melbourne heists
A bandit in a beard, a pistol hidden in a newspaper and $288,000 stolen from a train in Ascot Vale was just the beginning for a robbery crew that police believe netted $5m from seven painstaking heists across Melbourne.
Bandidos run goes from happy families to bullet holes
Last year the Bandidos national run at Ballarat featured a Welcome to Country ceremony and kumbaya vibes. Fast forward 12 months and bullets were flying and bikies hitting the bitumen.
Missing man’s family fear police bungled murder probe
The distraught children of much-loved Christopher Jarvis believe errors made early in the police investigation could have let an ex-cop later charged with his murder off the hook.
Was Preston capable of bringing hammer down on Gatto?
Mick Gatto seemed more worried about Collingwood’s September hopes than a police warning about the threat posed by gangland wild man Gavin “Capable” Preston.
Tobacco tax is Melbourne’s Prohibition moment
A punitive tobacco tax hasn’t stopped people smoking, it’s driven previously law-abiding smokers to a booming black market and left dead bodies and a string of arson attacks across Melbourne in its wake.
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