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Regan Hodge is a crime reporter for the Herald Sun in Melbourne. He spent time as a breaking and general news reporter and is a fan of the Rolling Stones.

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Victoria

A person infected with the deadly measles virus travelled from Sydney to Rockhampton before they were diagnosed.

Full list: Measles cases prompts exposure sites to be released

More than a dozen exposure sites have been listed after three cases of measles were identified in overseas travellers who visited a number of popular city hotspots.

Victoria

Reema Sondhi has been identified as one of the Phillip Island drowning victims.

Heartbreaking new details revealed about drownings

Tragic new details about the drowning of four family members at Phillip Island have been revealed, with a couple holding hands until they were knocked over and then separated by a rouge wave.

VideoPolice & Courts

Video footage uploaded to social media shows a young girl attacked by two teenage girls in Mildura on January 17. Source: Instagram

Mildura’s cry for help over youth crime ‘crisis’

A Mildura father, whose daughter was assaulted on camera, has called on the state government to address the youth crime crisis.

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Police are hunting for a young tradie who smashed a mobile speed camera car in Sunbury last year.

Shock moment man smashes speed camera car with hammer

Police are hunting a man who smashed a speed camera car with a hammer in Sunbury – jumping on its roof before spray painting the back window.

Police & Courts

Tucked in a belt pistol being concealed Picture: Istock

Russian gangsters spared deportation run amok in Melbourne

Two men linked to Melbourne’s Russian organised crime world were flagged for deportation in the 2000s, but were allowed to remain in the country. They have since been connected to gun-running and drug trafficking.

Police & Courts

Members of Finks motorcycle club prepare to ride north to Wodonga. Police turned up to keep a watch at their Cranbourne West clubhouse. Friday, January 28, 2021. Picture: David Crosling

Police on high alert for Finks run across Victoria

The Finks will have plenty of police company as they set out for their national run over the Australia Day long weekend.

News

The funeral Service to celebrate the life of murdered Dr. Ash Gordon takes place at Kernot Hall, Morwell. The drs best friend Tristen Standing kisses the coffin. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Doncaster doctor remembered as ‘bloody good man’

Young doctor, Ash Gordon, who was allegedly murdered after a botched home invasion has been remembered as a “compassionate” man who filled the world with “genuine goodness”.

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Glen Gibson the cyclist delibritly hit by a car on beach road.

‘Could have been killed’: Cyclist’s long road to recovery after hit-run

A 51-year-old cyclist is in hospital in a back brace after suffering horrific injuries when he was mowed down by an allegedly stolen car on Beach Rd.

Police & Courts

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 23 2024The scene where two people have been killed after a stolen car smashed into a power pole in MelbourneÃs north.Picture: Brendan Beckett

Two killed in high-speed crash at Broadmeadows

Guns have been found inside a stolen car that ploughed into a power pole at high speed, killing two men.

Police & Courts

Recent Victorian police anti-youth gang operation July 2022. Supplied

Shocking extent of reoffending among young Vic kids revealed

Shock figures revealing the extent of reoffending among young kids who have faced a children’s court in Victoria have exposed a stark truth about family violence.

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