A Reservoir father of three young children used a didgeridoo to fight a man he found climbing through his bedroom window. He left the intruder, who had only been released from jail hours earlier, with head injuries.
A Greensborough man had only been out of jail for two weeks when he allegedly returned to stealing from his neighbours. Fed-up police say he continues to offend close to home each time he’s released from jail or granted bail.
A driver allegedly floored it at police, forcing them to jump out of the way to avoid being hit, at the busy Northland carpark, which is a popular COVID-19 testing site. Police say the officers and members of the public could have been killed or seriously injured.
A Thomastown man’s parents allegedly didn’t know he’d been selling methamphetamine out of their house — even though police found a crystal substance spread around the garage. A machete and a flick knife was also allegedly found.
A man found walking through Preston told police he was going to a friend’s house to have a drink. He allegedly then threw his brother under the bus, trying to stop police realising he was wanted over alleged crimes.
A Lalor man allegedly drove into two cars and off an embankment on Kings Way to get away from police in built up traffic. He was allegedly then found in a taxi with bags of drugs.
He worked in drug counselling for a decade, now he’s been caught dealing drugs armed with weapons and driving on heroin. And the Bundoora business owner told the police who stopped him that he was “a pretty safe driver”.
A toddler and a preschooler live in a South Morang home where police have allegedly just found more than 80g of methamphetamine. They say the kids’ father has allegedly been dealing large amounts of the drug out of the mailbox.
Weapons including an imitation gun and a meat cleaver and a large amounts of heroin and cash have been seized in a raid on a Lalor home. Police who’ve been watching the house made the move after seeing so many people make two-minute visits.
A muscle-bound Lilydale man left a stranger with permanent eye damage and a chipped tooth when he unexpectedly attacked him at a Kilsyth gym. The steroid and drug abuser also focused his anger on police.
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