Police & Courts
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Driver cops $7000 slug over Mildura drink and driving counts
A MAN will have to fork out more than $7000 after repeatedly drink-driving and driving in Mildura while disqualified. Troy Wilkinson was detected by police…
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Man dead after Dareton crash
A REPORT will be prepared for the Coroner after a man died in a crash near Dareton. About 6.30am Wednesday, a Curlwaa resident noticed an…
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Police operation gets eyes on the road
WITH many families looking to be reunited at Christmas, police are urging road users to take their time and arrive safely. Operation Roadwise began early…
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Drug habit behind Mildura burglaries, court told
A MAN alleged to have committed a number of residential burglaries in Mildura has been refused bail. The man and a co-accused woman appeared in…
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Family violence sentence should be cut, says solicitor
CONVICTED family violence perpetrator Jake Frecker has lodged an appeal to have his six-year jail sentence reduced. According to documents lodged in the Supreme Court…
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Buronga boy, 4, drowns during birthday celebration
UPDATE – Tuesday 1.30pm A BURONGA family were celebrating a sibling’s birthday when their four-year-old son drowned, police say. Mildura police Acting Superintendent Hayden Downes…
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Irymple company placed on good behaviour bond
A COMPANY with more than 80 years’ of good history has been brought before the Mildura Magistrates’ Court for failing to lodge a WorkCover claim…
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Mildura motorists behaving badly over weekend
MILDURA police say they are disappointed with the behaviour of a handful of motorists following a number of weekend offences. From December 11 to 14,…
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Driver gets three and a half years’ jail over Euston crash
A WOMAN has been sentenced to three and a half years’ jail over a horror head-on crash at Euston last year that killed two people…
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Teller stole $250,000 at Broken Hill bank, court told
POLICE will allege a woman stole $250,000 while employed as a bank teller. Dareton police Senior Constable Dave Collins told Mildura Magistrates’ Court this week the…
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Police life is diverse and challenging
By Sergeant Andrew Kilroy LAST Saturday, my work had me at McDonald’s on Deakin Avenue with two of my colleagues marking property such as bicycles…
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Drug driver pleads guilty to six charges
A MILDURA man, who injured two victims and fled the scene after running a stop sign while drug driving, has pleaded guilty to six charges…
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