Police

54-year old assaulted in Wonthaggi

POLICE are investigating after a 54-year-old male was assaulted by three males at the intersection of McBride Avenue and Murray Street on Wednesday evening (May 28) around 10pm. The cause behind the suspected assault is unknown, with police...

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Sentinel-Times

29 May 2025

Police

Appeal for information after motorcyclist looses control on Bass Highway

POLICE were called to a crash in Dalyston this morning following reports the rider of a motorcycle had crashed about 7am. Officers have been told the rider, travelling along the Bass Highway near Heslop Road, lost control after overtaking several...

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Sentinel-Times

22 May 2025

Police

Woman struck by vehicle in Inverloch

POLICE are investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a car in Inverloch on May 11. It is understood the woman was crossing the Bass Highway when she was struck by a vehicle about 6pm. The 39-year-old Inverloch woman was airlifted to hospital...

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Sentinel-Times

12 May 2025

Police

Have you spotted a silver Jeep Cherokee?

The vehicle is still outstanding. Anyone with information, including CCTV and dashcam footage, please contact Bass Coast CIU on 5671 4100 or Crimestoppers 1800 333 000 or https://www. crimestoppersvic. com. au/report-a-crime/

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Sentinel-Times

08 May 2025

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