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Brittany GoldsmithUrban affairs reporter

Brittany Goldsmith is an urban affairs reporter covering breaking news, court, crime and local government stories for Leader Community News.

The state’s list of organ donors has slipped and hopeful recipients are urging Victorians to help close the gap.

A Chelsea Heights father of four who fraudulently rented properties as part of an inner east crop house monopoly has fronted court.

A dreadlocked drug fiend has fronted court after a secret stash including a cannabis crop was found in his Berwick home.

A Fountain Gate shopping centre worker has been left terrified after he was bashed in a savage carpark attack.

A former drug-addicted teen who snuck into a Frankston family’s home and pinched a luxury car has learned her fate.

A young thug who took part in brazen robberies at the Southland and Casey Central shopping centres has faced court.

A New Zealand national is facing deportation after targeting a Berwick man in a horrifying aggravated burglary.

A man has tragically died at a popular Frankston lookout.

A Frankston North disqualified driver who answered a mate’s call for help didn’t expect to be on the end of a crazy tow truck chase.

An alcoholic has learned a sobering lesson after he took a stolen taxi for a joy ride through Dandenong.