Police & Courts
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Speeding motorists still a concern
POLICE have detected 165 offences during a major road safety operation across Victoria’s west, including the Mildura region, last month. Operation West Connect had highway…
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Police swoop on burglary accused
MILDURA police expect a number of recent arrests to create a “significant dent” into the region’s burglary rates which they say is a “top priority”…
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Store thefts ‘a professional operation’
A WOMAN who stole multiple items from Bunnings Mildura and a BWS liquor outlet was part of a professional operation to on-trade the goods, a…
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Sex assault man on appeal bail
A MILDURA man who admitted sexually assaulting his daughter in-law in his own home has been released on bail pending an appeal against a three-month…
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Convicted paedophile sentenced for further offending
A PROLIFIC sex offender who accessed, produced and distributed “graphic and distressing” child abuse images has been jailed for more than 12 years. The County…
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Bail refused over ‘extremely serious’ attack
A MILDURA man alleged to have fractured his former partner’s nose and caused irreparable damage to her eyesight when he kicked her to the face…
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Sexual assault by father-in-law
A YOUNG mum who was sexually assaulted by her father-in-law has vowed that he will never get to know his own grandchildren, telling him in…
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Bailed after police chase
A MAN who allegedly led police on a high-speed car chase, and narrowly missed striking a police officer who was trying to disable the vehicle,…
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Teen ‘primary instigator’ of armed robberies
A TEENAGER described as the “primary instigator” in an armed robbery of two men with a knife has been sentenced to a term of detention…
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Driver charged over Calder crash
POLICE have charged the driver of a minibus that crashed at Yatpool this week killing two passengers. Samoan national Fua Moananu, 25, faced Mildura Magistrates’…
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Police seek missing teen
POLICE are searching for a teenager who is known to frequent the Mildura area. Sixteen-year-old Douglas was last seen in the Melbourne CBD on June…
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Mildura crime on the rise
POLICE say a rising number of theft offences may be related to cost of living pressures. Crime Statistics Agency data released this week shows a…
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