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Rebecca DiNuzzo is a reporter with the Leader covering all things crime, court and general news.

A St Kilda man is facing serious criminal charges after he was busted allegedly speeding up to 200km/h in Melbourne’s west.

A Tarneit family was left shaking in tears after a thug broke into their home and threatened the mother with a knife.

From footy star to convicted crim, this young Melton dad’s fall from grace was as spectacular as it was tragic.

Two Facebook trolls clashed on an eastern suburbs buy, swap and sell group, landing one of the keyboard warriors in court.

Tarneit builder All Round Trade Constructions has been fined thousands by a court. This is what the dodgy tradie did wrong.

A bungling thief who bogged a stolen car trying to flee through dense outer Melbourne bush used a victim’s phone to call police.

Young Brimbank people are being hung out to dry by all government levels, locals say, due to low school funding.

People in Melbourne’s west are dying of heart attacks at a greater rate than the east. Experts reveal what’s behind the “alarming” figures.

Melbourne’s west will undergo a road and rail construction blitz this summer and commuters are being warned to expect delays.

A former Werribee Stockdale & Leggo real estate agency owner is in strife for allegedly underpaying staff and then trying to lie about it.