Police & Courts
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Police round-up
Kerang Attempted burglary, Boundary Street, Kerang Overnight October 17, an unknown person attempted to gain entry to a Boundary Street property. The owner found tool…
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Police smoking out criminals
POLICE have made more than 80 arrests in the first year of a taskforce deployed to crack down on Victoria’s illegal tobacco war. That included…
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Police tackle crime
A SPIKE in crime in Gannawarra over the past year “could be seen as a good thing”, according to Acting Inspector Brian Hansen. According to…
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Police beat
FUEL was taken from a Cohuna recreational facility last month. Offenders forced open the doors of a garden shed on Tennis Road some time between…
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Police round-up
OFFENDERS have damaged property in a Leitchville public toilet and stolen coins. The incident happened between September 20 and 22. POLICE are investigating two fires…
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Tobacco arrest
A WOMAN was arrested after police executed a warrant on a tobacconist in King George Street, Cohuna, last Friday morning. Kerang, Cohuna and Koondrook police…
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Police round-up
GANNAWARRA Theft from motor vehicle: Between 5pm on Friday, September 13, and 8am on Sunday, September 15, a number plate was removed from a vehicle…
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Silo tour minibus crash driver jailed
A MINIBUS driver who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a paddock, killing a woman and injuring several other passengers, has been sent…
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Cohuna servo burgled
Cohuna servo burgled ON September 2, between 5.09am and 5.13am, two male offenders smashed through the front entry of a service station in King George…
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Grandfather jailed for ‘horrifying’ abuse
EXCLUSIVE A KERANG predator who sexually abused his granddaughter has been jailed for at least seven years. The elderly man, who can’t be named to…
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Jail for dad assault
A MAN who claimed he was God and was told to “strike everyone down” before brutally punching his father in the head multiple times has…
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Victims ‘shaken’ after machete threats – police
A MAN faced Swan Hill Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday after an alleged crime spree across north-west Victoria that began in Swan Hill. The 21-year-old Swan…
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