Police & Courts

WISHARTS the Jewellers Kerang was broken into in the early hours of last Tuesday. Thieves jemmied the Victoria Street front door open about 2.45am, smashing…

Threatened with snake A MAN has been charged this week after a bizarre incident in which he allegedly approached police with a snake at his…

Victim falls for scam KERANG police are investigating an alleged bank scam. The victim received a call from a person claiming to be from bank…

TWO Cohuna men have been fined $3000 each for exceeding the removal limit of yabbies from a creek west of Deniliquin. NSW DPI Fisheries officers…

Trailer Stolen POLICE believe a box trailer was stolen from a Kerang paddock this month. The trailer went missing from the Loddon Valley Highway, in…

Ute missing A UTILITY was allegedly stolen from a Leitchville property earlier this month. Police were told the red Subaru Brumby ute went missing from…

Vehicle stolen A RED Subaru Brumby ute was stolen from an address in Leitchville sometime between 8pm on Sunday, January 15, and 6am the following…

Koondrook crime spree IT was a “deflating start” to 2023 for many after an offender allegedly slashed 13 tyres in Koondrook last week, while businesses…

HIGHWAY hoons and a drug-impaired truck driver were ordered off the roads during the police road blitz over the festive season. Patrol officers detected a…

Rego plates unscrewed POLICE are investigating the alleged theft of registration plates from a vehicle parked in Cohuna. The front and rear plates were were…

A GUNBOWER man accused of falling asleep at the wheel of a minibus near Shepparton, resulting in a deadly crash, will face a three-day court…

AN Echuca man who fatally shot a father at his Daltons Bridge property, near Cohuna has been sentenced to nine years’ jail with a non-parole…