Friday, September 20, 2019

Police & Courts
Police & Courts

Police dismayed as 23 drug drivers nabbed in blitz

POLICE say they are “bitterly disappointed” by the results of a weekend traffic blitz which showed drug-impaired drivers continue to outnumber those affected by alcohol.

18 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Predator’s ‘fanciful’ defence

A MAGISTRATE has urged a lawyer to have a “serious conversation” with a man accused of sending images of his penis to a 15-year-old girl on Facebook.

18 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

One dead in Mallee Highway crash

A MAJOR crash on the Mallee Highway on Wednesday morning left one person dead.

18 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Child carer was sex offender

THE parents of several young children were horrified to discover a man who they entrusted with their care was a registered sex offender, a court has been told.

18 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Mildura police hunt for owners of stolen, dumped bikes

MILDURA police is driving a new campaign to find the owners of more than 100 stolen bikes that have been handed in over the past three years.

17 Sep 2019
Health

Police fundraising for a Mildura Base Hospital life saver

ALMOST $60,000 has been raised by a Mildura-based Victoria Police fundraising committee to buy lifesaving equipment for the Mildura Base Hospital (MBH) intensive care unit. Two ventilators and two humidifiers valued at $48,000 were bought from Blue...

15 Sep 2019
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Police & Courts

Drunken break-ins cause $1000 damage

AN aspiring building apprentice has admitted breaking into houses in a new residential estate and causing $1000 damage.

13 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Youth, 17, charged over Mildura Kmart fire

A TEENAGER has been charged over last weekend’s fire at Kmart, which caused more than $100,000 worth of damage and forced the store’s indefinite closure. Mildura crime investigation unit detectives arrested the 17-year-old this morning. He later...

13 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Man made knife threat to girl, 15, court told

A MILDURA man who encouraged young children to consume illicit drugs, held a knife to the face of a 15-year-old girl and burned her school uniform when their relationship ended has been jailed.

13 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Man broke partner’s arm while drunk, court told

A BURONGA man has admitted seriously injuring his partner after she was found lying in the gutter with a fractured arm in the Mildura central business district.

13 Sep 2019
News

Bus blocks Sturt Highway traffic at Buronga

A BUS that rolled backwards on to Sturt Highway in Buronga on Thursday was lucky to miss oncoming traffic.

12 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Driver records 0.273 after car crash, court told

A MILDURA woman was on her way to a job agency appointment when she rear-ended another vehicle while more than five times the legal blood alcohol limit for a fully licensed driver.

12 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Man’s body found in Murrumbidgee River

THE body of a missing Balranald man has been found following a five-day search.

11 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Committal hearing postponed after police lay new charge

AN Irymple man tried to get a letter to a woman he is alleged to have seriously injured in an assault before an anticipated day-long committal hearing over the matter, a court has been told.

11 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Gangland widow set to move house

GANGLAND widow Roberta Williams has faced a Melbourne court with plans to move house amid allegations she kidnapped and threatened to kill a Mildura reality TV producer.

10 Sep 2019
Police & Courts

Mildura motorists well behaved during police blitz

DRIVER behaviour in Sunraysia has been praised by police as Operation Argus wrapped up at midnight on Sunday.

09 Sep 2019
News

Fire closes Mildura Kmart indefinitely

MILDURA Kmart will remain closed indefinitely as police continue investigating a suspicious fire that caused hundreds of thousands dollars damage on Saturday morning.

08 Sep 2019