Tag: Police
Police make Apollo Bay arrest, search for possible bombs
By PAUL MILLAR
THE POLICE dog squad and a specialist team of investigators are combing bushland in the Otways, searching for potentially explosive devices.
Arson and...
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...
Policeman charged with rape
A WESTERN region Victoria Police officer has been charged with rape following an alleged incident in January.
The male leading senior constable was initially charged...
Port man’s trumpet blues on Westgate
A 27-YEAR-OLD Portarlington man has struck a sour note with police after he was intercepted on the Westgate Freeway last week.
Hobson’s Bay Highway Patrol...
Man to be charged with kill threat against mayor Darryn Lyons
By NOEL MURPHY
A BREAKWATER man will be charged by summons with allegedly threatening to kill Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons following an incident at Market...
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...
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...
Woman hospitalised after car hits Newcomb bus shelter
A DRIVER attempting to evade police this morning smashed into a Newcomb bus shelter then fled on foot, leaving his injured passenger in the...
‘Cop rat’ accusation in Drysdale bashing mystery
By PAUL MILLAR
A DRYSDALE mother of two, badly beaten by two thugs in her back yard and held down as they scrawled text on...
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...
Hot one for local cricketers
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp did the rounds on a hot Saturday January 11 to take these pictures of the East Belmont vs Grovedale and...
