Police

Man arrested at Pioneer Bay after Berwick hospital carjacking

CASEY Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged car theft and hit and run outside a Berwick hospital on Wednesday morning, April 23. The 25-year-old man, of no fixed address, has been charged with several offences...

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Sentinel-Times

24 Apr 2025

Police

Police call off search but Punch Bowl fishing goes on

POLICE have called off the search for a 41-year-old Chinese national after he was swept off rocks at the treacherous Punchbowl Coastal Reserve on Good Friday. After recalling the police airwing at lunchtime on Monday, after four days of aerial...

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Michael Giles

21 Apr 2025

Police

42 year old stabbed along The Esplanade, Cowes

A 42 year old is recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed last night, Friday, April 18, in Cowes. It is alleged a brawl broke out outside a licensed premises on The Esplanade about 11.20pm. The male victim was...

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Sentinel-Times

19 Apr 2025

Police

Police divers join search at Punch Bowl near San Remo

ALL emergency services resources have been brought to bear on an incident at the beach off Punch Bowl Road near San Remo on Good Friday with police search and rescue divers joining the response at about 12.45pm. It follows the death of one person...

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Michael Giles

18 Apr 2025

Police

Woman dies as three swept off Punch Bowl near San Remo

POLICE will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a woman in San Remo this morning. Emergency services were called to a beach off Punch Bowl Road about 8.30am on April 18 after reports two women and a man had been washed off rocks...

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Sentinel-Times

18 Apr 2025

Police

Don’t pass up immediate medical attention

ON OCTOBER 2, 2024, new laws were introduced in Victoria, making non-fatal strangulation in a family violence setting a standalone offence. The Crimes Amendment (Non-Fatal Strangulation) Bill 2023 introduces harsher penalties for offenders and...

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Sentinel-Times

08 Apr 2025

Police

Man assaulted with a bat in Inverloch on Wednesday

AN Inverloch man has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after being assaulted with a bat by a group of men yesterday afternoon. ABC Gippsland is reporting that emergency services were called after reports that a 46 year old male was being...

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Sentinel-Times

10 Apr 2025

Police

Absolute debacle - VFA’s abalone raid sparks calls to keep fisheries

ON FRIDAY, April 5, at 5pm on Gap Road, VFA Fisheries Officers apprehended two men who allegedly took a total of 281 abalone, many of which were undersized, from the restricted area of the intertidal zone – water less than two metres deep – on...

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Sentinel-Times

08 Apr 2025

Police

Homicide Squad investigate death at Cowes

DETECTIVES from the Homicide Squad are investigating following the discovery of a man’s body at a property in Cowes this morning. Officers were called to the home, at the intersection of Church Street and Justice Road about 10.20am on 7 April...

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Sentinel-Times

07 Apr 2025

Police

Support, safety and change, we’re here to help

*If you are in immediate danger call 000. THERE are many parts to family violence and whilst there is still room to learn as new research is released, it’s definitely an area that has taken remarkable steps of improvement compared to decades past...

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Chloe Kent

01 Apr 2025

Police

14 year old arrested by resident during aggravated burglary

EARLY this morning (March 29, 2025), at about 12.15am, police from the Korumburra Police Station and the Wonthaggi Police Station responded to an aggravated burglary in Hassett Street, Leongatha. It is alleged that a 14-year-old male from the South...

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Sentinel-Times

29 Mar 2025

Police

Gippsland’s shame revealed in family violence statistics

THE Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) released the Victorian crime statistics for the year ending December 31, 2024 on Thursday this week, March 20. And while the number of offences increased 15.7% to 605,640 in the last 12 months and the rate of...

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Michael Giles

20 Mar 2025

Police

Motorcycle seized during warrant in Wonthaggi

POLICE have executed a search warrant at an address in Wonthaggi this afternoon and seized a motorcycle that is believed to have been stolen. Investigations are still ongoing, but anyone with information is urged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333...

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Sentinel-Times

14 Mar 2025