Tag: Crime
Bag-snatcher robs 82yo pensioner at Newtown supermarket
GEELONG CIU detectives are appealing for witnesses after an 82-year-old woman was robbed of her pension cash at a Newtown supermarket car park yesterday.
The...
Drugs, commercial burgs jump, police figures show
DRUG crime jumped 16 per cent last year across Geelong, according to new statistics released by Victoria Police.
Burglaries on commercial properties climbed a similar...
Police plea on North Geelong armed hold-up
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at a convenience store in North Geelong last weekend.
Investigators have been told two men entered...
Wanted over Waurn Ponds assault
POLICE have released a grainy image of two men they want to interview about an assault at a Waurn Ponds supermarket in November.
A man...
Local car thefts up as keys targeted
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
REPORTS of car thefts in Geelong have jumped 26 per cent, according to new figures.
National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council recorded...
Grovedale arrests over 250 marijuana plants
POLICE have arrested a man and a woman after allegedly locating more than 250 cannabis plants at a house in Grovedale last night.
Members executed...
More charges over soccer brawl
UPDATE: POLICE have charged an eighth man following an alleged brawl outside a licensed premises between rival soccer fans in Melbourne’s Bourke Street on...
Bash charges laid
Police have arrested three men following an aggravated burglary and serious assault in North Geelong last Monday morning.
An 18-year-old Thomson man, a second 18-year-old...
Two injured in Winchelsea attack
A MAN has been hospitalised after a stabbing attack at Winchelsea this morning.
The man was reportedly stabbed several times and sustained serious head injuries...
Burglars hit firms on Fyans
By NOEL MURPHY
TRADERS are reeling after thieves launched a barrage of attacks on South Geelong businesses, stealing cars and tools, cracking safes, damaging premises...
Fatal crash on the Bellarine
A man has died following a crash in Indented Head this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to reports a car left The Esplanade and crashed...
