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Hobsons Bay Council intends to advocate for a partnership to improve the railway level crossings replacements at Williamstown North and Laverton. Mayor Cr Colleen Gates say there is an opportunity to implement recommended upgrades, which would complement the Level Crossing Removal Projects. Cr Gates says the Council wants to work in co-operation with the State
Armed Crime Squad detectives charged two men on Friday (Aug. 14) as part of their investigation into a non-fatal shooting in Melton in 2018. Police arrested the men at properties in Manor Lakes and Hoppers Crossing. A 31-year-old Hoppers Crossing man and a 33-year-old Manor Lakes man have each been charged with:• Intentionally cause serious
Two women have been charged as part of an investigation into a fatal home birth in Watsonia in 2012. Homicide Squad detectives arrested a 59-year-old Preston woman in Preston on Friday morning (Aug. 14). New South Wales Police subsequently arrested a 43-year-old Mullumbimby woman on a Victorian warrant. Both women have been charged with manslaughter
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing teenager Nioka Hayes. The 16-year-old was last spoken to via phone on July 22 but is known to frequent the Preston, Carrum Downs and Craigieburn areas. Police hold concerns for Nioka’s welfare due to her age and the length of time she has been missing.
Detectives from the Clandestine Laboratory Squad have charged a man after they located a clandestine laboratory in Glen Iris on Friday morning (Aug. 14). A warrant was executed at the property on Edgar St shortly before 7am.Police located a clandestine laboratory along with chemicals and equipment used for manufacturing illicit drugs. The 39 year-old Glen
Police have arrested a woman for allegedly operating an illegal brothel at a residence in St Albans. Officers from the Public Order Response Team and Sex Industry Co-ordination Unit attended two addresses in Mintaro Way, Seabrook and Alfrieda Street, St Albans about 7.25pm on Thursday night (Aug. 13). The warrants were executed as part of
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing teenager Bailey Schwind. The 16-year-old was last seen at his Emerald home about 8pm on Thursday (Aug. 13). Police have concerns for Bailey’s welfare due to his age, a medical condition, and the length of time he has been missing. Bailey is 173cm tall, with
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Chris Marshall. A warrant has been issued for the 30-year-old’s arrests in relation to high risk driving. He is known to frequent the Ferntree Gully, Don Valley and Tecoma areas. Marshall may be driving a dark-coloured Holden VF ute. Investigators have released an image of Marshall
Police are investigating the alleged deliberate ramming of a taxi in Flemington on Monday last week (August 10). It is alleged a taxi arrived at an address on Nairn Ave, Ascot Vale just before 12 Noon to pick up two male passengers. The two passengers got out of the taxi in North Melbourne and approached
Police are investigating a fire at a public housing building in Fitzroy North which claimed the life of a child on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 15). Emergency services attended an apartment block at the intersection of Clauscen and Nicholson Sts about 12.30pm. A young child was pulled from the burning building and taken to hospital in
