A neighbour has described the Waurn Ponds man shot by police after allegedly charging at them with a shovel as a “nice, quiet guy”. It comes as police spent much of Thursday at the man’s house searching for evidence.
From Louis Vuitton handbags to multimillion-dollar homes — federal police will stop at nothing to seize every last ill-gotten asset owned by organised criminals and their partners. Here’s a look inside the loot.
A dramatic game of cat and mouse saw police pursue a 14-year-old boy from Geelong to Werribee, before he leapt from a moving car in a daring attempt to escape. But he wasn’t on the run for long.
A man who police were forced to shoot after an alleged domestic assault in Werribee has been revealed as a former police officer himself. A neighbour captured the moment officers opened fire during the dramatic confrontation.
A man accused of attacking an elderly couple while they were on a video call has faced court, telling the Magistrate he is a “law-abiding citizen”.
Brett Halcro was left blind in his right eye and permanently disfigured after a horrific attack in Sydney. But the brave dad is making a remarkable recovery in hospital.
A dispute over his father’s $5 mil will led a man to allegedly arm himself with a crossbow and break into the home of the will’s executor in a “premeditated” plot.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton is determined Victoria’s COVID-19 numbers will be driven down and remain low, saying the state would not see days of 300-plus new cases again. It comes as 17 Victorians died of coronavirus overnight, with a further 208 new cases recorded.
A jumping castle company owner wanted in Melbourne over multimillion-dollar arsons of rival businesses has been arrested in Perth over a sophisticated postal scam. Here’s the latest.
Forty-two people infected with coronavirus or deemed a close contact have been fined for failing to self-isolate in Victoria, with 16 of them copping fines of $4957. It comes as 12 Victorians died of coronavirus in 24 hours.
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