Police & Courts

Man fined after ‘looking for trouble’

A MILDURA man who claims to have mistaken a police vehicle for a taxi after a drunken night out before repeatedly refusing police requests to move on was looking for trouble and found it, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was told...

18 hours ago

Police & Courts

Bail denied for woman found hiding under blanket

A MILDURA woman was released on bail barely a week before police uncovered further offending including the accused being in possession of multiple bankcards, Medicare cards and a Sportsbet card in the names of other people, a court has...

28 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

‘Karen’s Law’ enacted in rapper killing

A MAN who shot dead a young Melbourne rapper in a violent home invasion to steal his rumoured $1 million has been jailed for more than a decade under laws introduced following the shooting death of Mildura woman Karen Belej in 2016. Brandon Leigh...

26 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Stabbing accused on remand

A MAN is in custody following the alleged stabbing of two men in Busch Place, Mildura, last Saturday. Police said officers were initially called to reports of a dispute at the location about 12.15am. They said no persons were present at the scene when...

25 Apr 2025

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13 Feb 2020

Police & Courts

Hundreds detected speeding at Easter

MILDURA police say it was “disturbing” that more than 200 speeding motorists were nabbed during a five-day Easter long weekend operation across the Western Division region including one driver who was clocked at 174km/h. Motorists were put on notice...

23 Apr 2025

Police seize $1 million worth of meth

A PATCHED member of the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang is among four people arrested after police dismantled an alleged drug trafficking syndicate operating out of Mildura and seized more than $1 million worth of methylamphetamine. The arrests...

23 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Jailed man had raging drug problem

A MILDURA man with a raging drug problem who was caught with knives and knuckle-dusters following a string of dishonesty offences has been jailed. Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 33-year-old Kenneth Orcher had been in trouble with the law from...

22 Apr 2025

News

Car ends upside down

THE driver of a Hyundai wagon has been handed a penalty notice, after she drove into a parked vehicle on Dyar Avenue in Mildura on Sunday night. The woman in her 20s had to be rescued from the car shortly after 9pm, as her vehicle had rolled onto its...

21 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Bail fail lands woman in jail

A MILDURA woman who was granted bailed last month on charges including armed robbery is back in custody after she failed to answer her bail. Twenty-seven-year-old Zelita Shepherd’s successful application for bail last month was told the woman had...

21 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Man left police traumatised

A MOTORIST who left a policeman traumatised after he sped through a random breath testing station at Merbein South in a stolen vehicle narrowly missing the officer has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was told 39-year-old Matthew Jones had...

19 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

‘High-risk’ boy bailed

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy dubbed a “high-risk individual” alleged to have been among a group of youths involved in an aggravated home invasion on an 85-year-old Mildura woman has been released on bail. A Children’s Court heard the teen is also...

19 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Kissing bail bid denied

AN Afghan national bailed early this month on sex assault charges against three alleged victims, including a two-year-old girl, is back behind bars after further allegations that he assaulted a female while seeking medical treatment just days after...

19 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Lock up these holidays

POLICE have urged residents across the wider Mildura region to lock their homes over coming weeks, as many people head away over the Easter and Anzac Day period. The warning coincides with the launch of a new Crime Stoppers Victoria campaign which...

18 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Theft spree lands man in jail

A MILDURA man who preyed on local retailers to help fund a drug addiction has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard Gerard Johnson stole high-end meat products, power tools, metal detectors, sunglasses and clothing and used stolen credit...

17 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

‘I’ve sh** myself’’: fine for faecal fling

A MAN who assaulted a worker at a local supermarket where he had been banned and threw his own faeces at a Good Samaritan who came to his aid has been fined. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the 57-year-old attended at Red Cliffs Foodworks about...

16 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Police urge a trouble-free Easter

MILDURA police say local licensed venues are doing their bit to provide a safe and welcoming environment and are now inviting visitors and residents during the busy Easter holiday period to join the party ... quite literally. Twenty-eight licensed...

16 Apr 2025