Tag: Police
Youth crime up in Wyndham, against trend
Young people have been responsible for more than 8000 criminal offences in Wyndham over the past decade.
A Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) report into youth...
Blitz planned to halt crime surge
Wyndham police will adopt a strength- in-numbers approach in coming weeks to combat a 9.7 per cent rise in crime across the city.
Police in the...
Police seek Wyndham Vale armed robber
A shopkeeper at a Wyndham Vale discount store was threatened with a knife by an offender who demanded cash last month.
Police have been told...
Police warn drivers ahead of Easter
Westgate highway patrol is calling for drivers to take care on Wyndham roads this Easter after police detected 116 traffic offences over the Labour Day...
Dog thwarts Wyndham Vale home invasion
A Wyndham Vale woman’s recently adopted dog has been hailed a hero after coming to her rescue last Friday to prevent a home invasion.
Trish...
Underbelly unplugged
So you’ve seen Underbelly, the televised story of Melbourne’s gangland killings … but it’s time to hear the real story.
Victoria Police’s Westgate divisional commander...
Number plate thefts on the rise
Number plate thefts are on the rise in Wyndham, making up more than half of all recent thefts from motor vehicles.
Acting Inspector Damien Madden...
Tarneit and Wyndham Vale to get PSOs
Protective services officers (PSOs) will start patrolling Wyndham’s new V/Line stations at Tarneit and Wyndham Vale from next week.
The PSOs will patrol train platforms,...
Driver stalks woman in Point Cook
A woman was left shaken after being stalked and verbally abused by a man in a car in Point Cook on Saturday morning.
The 34-year-old Point...
Police turn screws on tool thefts
Tools valued at almost $1 million have been stolen from tradesmen’s work vehicles and building sites in Wyndham in the past three years.
Figures from Victoria...
Tool theft causes builder to shut up shop
A Bacchus Marsh builder, who had tools valued at $3000 stolen from his ute, says his business never recovered from the financial loss of...
Men sought over Hoppers Crossing burglaries
Police are calling for witnesses to two burglaries in Hoppers Crossing last month.
Wyndham Crime Investigation Unit detectives are on the hunt for two men...
Lara man faces court for Hoppers Crossing death
A 21-year-old Lara man has been remanded in custody over the murder of Prasad Somawansa last Thursday.
Sigaragh Baea, dressed in a white collared shirt, showed no emotion...
Wyndham’s finest driven by the challenge
Confident. Assertive. Not too precious.
They are among the top attributes Werribee sergeants Kylie Power and Nadia Hammoud believe are integral to making it in...
Hoon charges in Wyndham
Two Wyndham residents were among 26 charged with hoon and traffic offences last week in a police crackdown on high- risk driving.
A 19-year-old Hoppers...