Police & Courts

  • Drugs trafficked from behind bars, court told

    Drugs trafficked from behind bars, court told

     THE principal target of a drug sting alleged to have involved a commercial quantity of methamphetamine continued to facilitate drug deals from behind bars after…

  • Drugs, alcohol top residents’ worries

    Drugs, alcohol top residents’ worries

    THE impacts of drug and alcohol abuse on the wider community have been identified as Mildura residents’ biggest concern, at a policing forum this week.…

  • Flying fish blamed for rollover on bridge

    Flying fish blamed for rollover on bridge

    A SPECTACULAR crash that ended with a car upside down on the Abbotsford Bridge was apparently caused by fish. Dareton police said no one was hurt…

  • Cut neck, burn house threat

    Cut neck, burn house threat

    A MAN accused of threatening to cut his partner’s neck and have her family in Vanuatu killed and their house burnt down if she contacted…

  • Drug accused’s bail bid rejected

    Drug accused’s bail bid rejected

    A MILDURA man allegedly found with a variety of illicit drugs and $14,000 hidden in a washing machine remains behind bars after an application for…

  • Black spot crash

    Black spot crash

    A DRIVER whose car crashed near a notorious intersection outside of Red Cliffs may have been trying to avoid a kangaroo. The cause of the…

  • Bail refused after woman terrorised

    Bail refused after woman terrorised

    A MILDURA man accused of repeatedly assaulting the mother of his child, after relapsing into a “significant” amount of drug use following a 12-month prison…

  • Sex offender’s sentence suspended

    Sex offender’s sentence suspended

    A MAN who had sex with a 14-year-old girl after the Health and Human Services Department allowed her to stay at his house overnight a…

  • 140km/h in a 60km/h zone: Driver charged, car seized

    140km/h in a 60km/h zone: Driver charged, car seized

    A 51-YEAR-OLD Cardross driver was arrested on Sunday after allegedly fleeing police and clocking speeds of 140km/h in a 60km/h zone. On November 12, Mildura police…

  • Thieves raid cricket club

    Thieves raid cricket club

    POLICE have appealed for information about a burglary at the Robinvale Cricket Club that caused damage to its clubrooms. The break-in occurred on Robin Street…

  • Serial creep offered teen girl drugs for sex

    Serial creep offered teen girl drugs for sex

    A MAN who preyed on two vulnerable young girls for his own sexual gratification is likely to learn his fate next week. Red Cliffs man…

  • Police seek forensic test after teen murder charge

    Police seek forensic test after teen murder charge

    THE accused teenage killer charged over the death of Mildura man Seb O’Halloran remains in custody after there was no application for bail when she…

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