Social posts drag Leskie-saga character back into Valley spotlight
It’s been a while since we’ve heard much from Latrobe Valley identity Kenny Penfold, but social media posts doing the rounds have brought him back to mind for some locals.
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Teen charged after hero shearer takes down security threat
Moama farmer Barry Clark has told of the moment he tackled a teen armed with a shotgun on a plane at Avalon Airport. Police have now charged a 17-year-old boy over the incident.
Triggermen and ‘wannabe gangsters’: How underworld crime has changed since gangland wars
The bloodshed and murders linked to Middle-Eastern organised crime gangs have dwarfed Melbourne’s infamous gangland wars of the turn-of-the-century, as a grim statistic emerges.
‘Slick Nick’ charged over Pakenham home invasion
Gippsland identity Nicholas Chircop has been charged over a home invasion in Melbourne’s southeast in which he was shot.
Cybercrime squad probes scathing Slater + Gordon email
An all-staff email which sent shockwaves through top law firm Slater and Gordon is being examined by police as the firm’s chief people officer accused of sending it claims she has been wrongly accused.
The Melbourne brothel taking the Bunnings route
This inner-Melbourne knock shop has gone all in on the old adage “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”.
The most stolen car in Victoria probably isn’t what you think
Car thefts are running at a 22-year high in Victoria and the number one vehicle being nicked by a new generation of hi-tech thieves may surprise you.
How the business of crime can flourish from the big house
For the system’s apex inmates prison walls are no barrier to the accumulation of money and power, with some well-connected prisoners able to make the best of a bad situation.
A Melbourne dad’s grisly death and $20m of missing cocaine: An Adelaide shipping yard mystery
The Altona North man was scaling stacked containers with a grappling hook trying to retrieve 50kg of high-quality cocaine from South America when he slipped and fell at an Adelaide shipping yard. The drugs have never been found.
Police pay dispute back on table after turmoil of top brass shake-up
Victoria Police is looking to put recent extreme instability and leadership changes in the past, as voting on a crucial enterprise bargaining deal begins tomorrow.
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