Police & Courts
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Police report – June 11, 2024
Theft from vehicles RESIDENTS in Cohuna have been urged by police not to leave cash inside vehicles after a spate of thefts from vehicles. Police said…
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Man jailed for ‘morally reprehensible’ grooming
A MAN working in Kerang was increasingly “bored, lonely and unhappy” in the township when he began contacting and grooming underage girls on Instagram, a…
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Police Beat
Piggery burglary A LARGE TV and various building tools have been stolen from a piggery farm on the Murray Valley Highway between O’Briens Road and…
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Police Beat
Stolen items for sale A KERANG man was shocked to find items he owned for sale on a Facebook page. Police said the victim noticed…
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Cyclist injured
A CYCLIST was taken to hospital after an incident in Kerang on Wednesday. Paramedics responded to reports of an incident at the Victoria and Wellington…
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Threats made over business fire
A MAN threatened to burn down a Kerang business last month. Two males who own adjoining businesses were talking at the rear of a Muir…
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Firearms raid detects potential bomb
BOMB response unit officers have been called to a bomb-scare at a Kerang property after police conducting a search discovered a package they believed could…
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Police investigate store break-in
POLICE are investigating a break-in that targeted a business in Kerang’s Victoria Street in the early hours of Thursday morning last week. The store which…
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Police report
COHUNA Car theft A WHITE Holden Cruz was stolen from Channel Street between 12pm Monday, April 1, and 8am the following day. Offenders also forced…
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Police round-up
Vehicle recovered POLICE have recovered a vehicle stolen from a Leitchville address. A silver Ford Focus was stolen from a nature strip between 8pm on…
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Crime wave
CRIMINAL incidents numbers skyrocketed across the Gannawarra Shire last year, a Crime Statistics Agency report showing a 40 per cent increase in incidents. The total…
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Drug syndicate members jailed
KEY members of a Melbourne-based syndicate that trafficked drugs into Kerang have been jailed. The County Court of Victoria heard the syndicate moved a significant…