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Sunday, December 22, 2024

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Truck and ute collide at Reedy Lake

SWAN Hill highway patrol are appealing for witnesses to a collision between a truck and utility that left a man with life-threatening injuries in Reedy Lake on Friday morning. It is believed a utility driver was travelling along the...

20 Dec 2024
Police & Courts

Police beat

Police beat: Drink drive stop, Drugs and vapes seized, Calves stolen, Fire. A driver allegedly returned a 0.259 breath test result on Monday, December 9, after he was found behind the wheel of his vehicle, which had rolled to a stop on a nature strip.

17 Dec 2024
Police & Courts

Police beat

Police beat: Burglaries, Theft of motor vehicle, Criminal damage, Windscreen smashed, Rural Properties, Fire Safety. A WHITE utility, box trailer, John Deere ride-on mower, quadbike and various tools and farming equipment were taken from a farm in Dingwall between November 27 and 29.

10 Dec 2024
Police & Courts

Elderly volunteer jailed for rape

A SCOUTS and Lions volunteer who raped an unconscious woman at a Cohuna caravan park in 2021 has been jailed. Robert George Goeldner, 74, committed the offence on June 1, 2021, after the victim refused his suggestion that they start a relationship. At...

03 Dec 2024
Police & Courts

Police beat

COHUNA Drug Driver - A DRIVER tested positive to methylamphetamine when police conducted a preliminary oral fluid test on King George Street at 8.45am on Tuesday, November 26. The 46-year-old Cohuna man was issued with a fine and a six-month loss of...

03 Dec 2024
Police & Courts

Police beat

A CAR windscreen has been damaged by a golf ball. About 9pm last Saturday the owner heard a loud bang outside their house. About half an hour later, another two bangs were heard and the resident found two golf balls next to...

26 Nov 2024
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Police beat

SWAN HILLArrests: On Friday, police intercepted a vehicle on Boldrewood Drive. A search allegedly located a substance believed to be methyl amphetamine in a handbag. A 54-year-old female was arrested, charged and bailed. In an unrelated intercept...

19 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Police beat

GANNAWARRA Intercept: On Friday, November 1, about 7pm, police detected a vehicle travelling at an alleged speed of 137km/h on the Loddon Valley Highway in the Macorna area. The driver was a 48 year old female. An oral fluid test allegedly indicated...

12 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Arsonist charged

A KERANG man has been charged with arson after a unit was destroyed in a blaze on Wednesday. Firefighters rushed to the Murray Street, Kerang property about 6.45am to find the unit on fire. Kerang Fire Brigade captain Ramon Steel said volunteers...

05 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Police Beat

Damage: On Friday, October 25, between 9.30pm and 4pm the next day, the front glass door of a home in Channel Street, Cohuna, was damaged. Burglary: On Tuesday, October 22, between 5pm and 7.30am the following day, offenders...

05 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

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 marks on a metal sliding door at the back of the premises and damage to windows...

29 Oct 2024
Police & Courts

Police smoking out criminals

Anyone with information about these incidents is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www. crimestoppersvic. com. au

16 Oct 2024
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Police tackle crime

The full data can be found at the Crime Statistics Agency website

09 Oct 2024
Police & Courts

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 7pm, September 22, and 4.30pm the following day. Fuel was taken from mowers. A STOLEN caravan has been...

08 Oct 2024
Police and Courts

Police raid at Swan Hill store

POLICE executed a search warrant on a Swan Hill business on Thursday morning, seizing close to $100,000 worth of tobacco, vape products and cash. The store, Accessories, Gifts and Candy, is located in the Coles plaza on Beveridge Street and has only...

04 Oct 2024
Police & Courts

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 in Leitchville. About 4.30pm on September 17, CFA and police went to a property on...

01 Oct 2024
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House fire murder charge

A SWAN Hill man has been charged with the murder of his brother after a fatal house fire in Domaille Crescent last week. Homicide Squad detectives charged 40-year-old Bruce Lea with one count of murder last Friday, with the victim believed to be his...

24 Sep 2024