Police & Courts

Man makes fake calls to police in Mildura

A MAN who made six false calls to 000 including claiming to have been stabbed outside a Mildura bank, has been placed on a good behaviour bond.

7 hours ago

Police & Courts

Two months in jail after attempt to evade Mildura police

A MAN who attempted to run from police while at the Mildura police station has been jailed for two months.

21 hours ago

News

Art helps indigenous man escape prison life

IN Australia, indigenous adults are 16 times more likely to go to prison than non-indigenous men and more likely to go to jail than university.

21 hours ago

Police & Courts

Court bid to freeze $1m of Cohrs assets succeeds

A MILDURA real estate agent is suing alleged killer Paul Cohrs for damages after witnessing the shooting death of Mr Cohrs’ brother at a Rufus River property last year, a court has heard.

12 Nov 2019

Police & Courts

Police briefs: Car stolen in Irymple

MILDURA police are on the lookout for a car stolen from Irymple last week.

10 Nov 2019

Police & Courts

Mildura man avoids jail after party assault

A YOUNG Mildura man who had been drinking too much when he struck another man and broke his jaw at a late night party has narrowly avoided being sent to jail.

09 Nov 2019

Man found asleep at the wheel after night out

A MAN who was found asleep behind the wheel after a night out drinking, has been disqualified from driving for 11 months.

08 Nov 2019

Police & Courts

Man to pay damages after Mildura motel room trashed

A WENTWORTH man must pay more than $5000 in damages after barricading himself inside a Mildura motel room while in the midst of a drug-fuelled bender.

07 Nov 2019

Police & Courts

Euston irrigator fails in bid to defer guilty plea

A EUSTON irrigator who admitted to illegally taking 1378 megalitres of water from the Murray River has failed in a bid to defer guilty pleas for eight charges in the wake of media coverage of his offending.

07 Nov 2019

Police & Courts

Three years’ jail for Irymple service station armed robbery

AN ARMED robber has been sentenced to three years jail, with a non-parole period of 15 months, for holding up Irymple’s OTR service station while high on the drug ice.

06 Nov 2019

Police & Courts

Drugs, cash found in Seventh Street bedroom

CASH, cannabis and methamphetamine is alleged to have been found in the bedroom of a Mildura man after a search warrant was executed at his Seventh Street address.

04 Nov 2019

Police & Courts

New basketball program tips off for Sunraysia youth

YOUNG ballers across Sunraysia will have a place to perfect their shooting skills with the implementation of the Home Base Hoops initiative.

04 Nov 2019

Police & Courts

Firearm buried in scrub in Red Cliffs, court hears

ONE of two men charged with committing 10 burglaries in 10 weeks has led police to a stolen firearm, buried in scrubland in Red Cliffs, a court has heard.

03 Nov 2019