Police News

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man was left fighting for his life following a crash in Cranbourne on Sunday morning, Jan. 28.Investigators believe the driver of a Holden sedan was travelling south on Lesdon Avenue when the vehicle left the road and crashed into a tree just after 6am.The

Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad have released images of two men they are looking to identify as part of their investigation into a reported sexual assault in Ivanhoe. Police have been told a man was walking through Ivanhoe Park, which is bordered by The Boulevard and Lower Heidelberg Rd, about 10pm on December 23.

Homicide Squad detectives have arrested three people following the death of a man in Hampton East. Emergency services were called to an address on Wickham Rd about 3.45pm on January 21, after a 33-year-old Ashburton man was located unresponsive. The man was then transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries where he later died. Three people

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Carmello ‘Charlie’ Zerafa (pictured. The 58-year-old is wanted on warrants in relation to breach of bail and traffic offences. He is known to frequent the Kyabram area, as well as the north-western suburbs of Melbourne. Investigators have released an image of Zerafa in the hope someone

A pedestrian has died in hospital following a collision in Rowville. It is believed the pedestrian was struck by a car at the intersection of Dandelion Drive and Silkwood Way about 9am on January 18. The pedestrian, a 69-year-old Rowville woman, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The driver, a 79-year-old man from Rowville,

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are continuing to appeal for information following a stabbing in Melbourne’s CBD. It is understood a group of five male youths, armed with weapons, were involved in an altercation with another boy about 3.45pm on October 21 last year. The boy was stabbed during the incident and was taken to

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash that claimed the lives of two people in Broadmeadows this morning. Officers first received reports of a vehicle driving at excessive speed in the area prior to the collision. No pursuit was initiated, and no attempts were made to intercept. A short time later, the vehicle

Police have arrested a man over a spate of alleged burglaries at schools in the Cardinia area over the past month. Pakenham Police were patrolling the Officer area on Friday January 19, when they arrested a man during an alleged burglary at a primary school on Bridge Rd, about 4am. Further inquiries linked the man

Detectives from the Homicide Squad are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Kew. Emergency services were called to a residence on A’Beckett St where a man was found with injuries about 10am on January 23. The man died at the scene. A 56-year-old Kew man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening