Tag: Crime
Police hunt for Sloan on family violence warrant
GEELONG Police Family Violence Unit is seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Martin Kim Sloan, 28, on a warrant.
He is known to frequent the...
Police nab CBD drivers on phones
A POLICE blitz on Geelong city centre driver and pedestrian distraction nabbed more than 80 people, including almost 30 people on mobile phones.
During the...
DNA hope for mystery 1995 rape case
POLICE hope new DNA evidence can solve a 20-year-old Geelong rape case.
A 24-year-old woman was assaulted and brutally raped on 23 September 1995 when...
Police hunt Waurn Ponds flasher
POLICE want public assistance after a man flashed a female staff member at a Waurn Ponds clothing store.
They say the alleged wilful and obscene...
Anglesea top for burgs as crims turn to coast
ANGLESEA is in Victoria's top 10 for most-burgled postcodes, according to a new report.
And Corio, Norlane, North Shore, Geelong, South Geelong, Bareena and Chilwell...
Kick victim in fear for sight
By NOEL MURPHY
MALL BASHING victim Richard Vecoli fears he has sustained permanent damage to his sight following medical checks.
The Independent reported last week how...
Man charged over mall assault
A 19-YEAR-old man has presented himself to the Geelong police station Tuesday morning after seeing himself on CCTV released to the media.
The CCTV was...
Police pursuit pulls up at Little River
THE FLASHING lights in the rear vision mirror were at perhaps two kilometres away. Well back, but on the flat straight stretch of road...
CBD outrage: Kicked in the face by gutless thug
By NOEL MURPHY
RICHARD Vecoli could hardly have been less prepared for the cowardly boot to the face that fractured his eye socket in two...
Geelong con victims lose $1000s
By PAUL MILLAR
TRAVELLING conmen, who target the elderly and most vulnerable in the community, struck at least 14 times in the Geelong region last...
Water police crackdown on coastal boaters
By PAUL MILLAR
WATER POLICE have warned that there will be no let up on the crackdown on offenders doing the wrong thing on coastal...
Drysdale bashing graffiti link?
By PAUL MILLAR
POLICE are investigating whether a graffiti attack on the home of a Drysdale mother-of-two was linked to her brutal bashing on Sunday...
From the Archives
16 years ago
July 10, 2009
Residents and local politicians fear the “Leopold pong” emitting from Lake Connewarre could have a huge impact on the natural...
