Police & Courts

‘I’ve sh** myself’’: fine for faecal fling

A MAN who assaulted a worker at a local supermarket where he had been banned and threw his own faeces at a Good Samaritan who came to his aid has been fined. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the 57-year-old attended at Red Cliffs Foodworks about...

5 hours ago

Police & Courts

Police urge a trouble-free Easter

MILDURA police say local licensed venues are doing their bit to provide a safe and welcoming environment and are now inviting visitors and residents during the busy Easter holiday period to join the party ... quite literally. Twenty-eight licensed...

11 hours ago

Police & Courts

Meth addict blows bail

A MILDURA woman given “a big chance” when granted bail last Friday has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment after she committed further offending just hours after her release. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was last week told that...

11 hours ago

Police & Courts

Police target home/car break-ins

MILDURA police have arrested more than 15 people over the past two months as part of an ongoing crackdown on home and car break-ins. Detectives from the Mildura Crime Investigation Unit last week executed a number of search warrants targeting those...

11 hours ago

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13 Feb 2020

Police & Courts

Boy bailed over home invasions

“HIGHLY-organised” youths as young as 10 years of age have been targeting weak and vulnerable people during a series of home invasions across Mildura, a Children’s Court has been told. Police allege a group of up to five young boys...

15 Apr 2025

Teen arrested by MAFS star

A MILDURA teenager has been detained by a former Married At First Sight contestant after he was allegedly armed with a machete in Melbourne. Tim Smith performed a citizen’s arrest to restrain the boy following reports of teenage boys chasing each...

15 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Woman given ‘chance’ on bail

A MILDURA woman recently released from prison has whined that it was “not really necessary” for a magistrate to keep her behind bars after she absconded from a rehabilitation facility and allegedly committed further offending. The Mildur...

13 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Police spat on, court told

A MAN accused of spitting at a police officer during his arrest for refusing to move on after he was refused entry into a Mildura nightclub due to his level of intoxication has had his bail extended to next appear in July. The Mildura Magistrates’...

12 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Bail refused for man wanted in three states

A MILDURA man alleged to have committed an aggravated burglary just days after being released from prison on similar offending has had an application for bail refused. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard that 21-year-old Jessie Johnson had eight...

12 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Sunraysia visitor faces deportation

A MAN from Vanuatu is likely to be deported after he admitted to assaulting a female retail worker when he grabbed her on the buttocks while she was serving him. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 23-year-old Marglu Rocroc had “gone missing” for...

11 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Sentence looms for local footy coach

PROSECUTORS have called for a local footy coach, who trespassed at a Mildura home in 2023 and threatened to kill a woman, to be jailed. The man, who cannot be named to protect the victim, has been charged with aggravated burglary, making a threat to...

11 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Jail for ‘one-man crime wave’

A SERIAL thief described as a “one-man crime wave” who stole goods largely to maintain his addiction to heroin has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 46-year-old Matthew McTeare committed three burglaries, “countless” deceptions and...

11 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Mildura man blows 0.303

A MILDURA man blew more than six times the legal limit of blood-alcohol concentration after he drove to buy a late night snack, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the 49-year-old had been consuming wine on November 12 last...

10 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

One dead in Euston truck crash

ONE motorist has died after two trucks collided on the Sturt Highway at Euston on Wednesday. Emergency services were called to the scene about 5.35pm that day following reports of a crash. Officers attached to Barrier Police District attended and...

10 Apr 2025

News

Man removed from Mildura flight

A SUNRAYSIA man had to be forcibly removed from a domestic flight from Sydney to Mildura over alleged aggressive and antisocial behaviour that resulted in the cancellation of the flight. The 32-year-old man from Coomealla was seated on an aircraft...

10 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Bail bid denied for fire accused

A RED Cliffs man awaiting retrial on a charge of murder after a jury was discharged without verdict has had an application for bail refused. David Cartledge, 38, had been on trial for more than two weeks on one count of murder as well as an alternate...

08 Apr 2025