Police

Lock’em up, say police, after spate of car thefts in Leongatha and Wonthaggi

IN ONE of three aggravated burglaries, involving car thefts over the weekend, the Wonthaggi owner of one of the cars awoke to see three offenders legging it away down Cuttlers Circuit in the early hours of Monday morning, July 21. On that occasion...

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Michael Giles

21 Jul 2025

Police

Extortion, threats to kill in local tobacco war

DETECTIVES from Taskforce Lunar charged a man ON Wednesday this week following a number of threats made to an as yet unopened tobacco store in the Bass Coast area on behalf of an offshore syndicate leader. A 52-year-old Tarneit man, initially...

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Sentinel-Times

17 Jul 2025

Police

Large cannabis crop house located at Tooradin

Southern Metro Region Divisional Response Unit detectives arrested three people after a large cannabis crop house was located in Tooradin on Wednesday, July 16. Police executed a search warrant at a rural property on Hardys Road and seized more than...

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Sentinel-Times

17 Jul 2025

Police

Inverloch welcomes a new police sergeant with a familiar name

... locals say there’s always work to be done! THAT’S pretty amazing! The Bass Coast Police Service Area Facebook page ‘Eyewatch’ has alerted the Inverloch and district community to a very interesting piece of information about family...

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Sentinel-Times

12 Jul 2025

Police

Two Bass Coast teenagers arrested after stabbing in Wantirna South

DETECTIVES charged three teenagers after a stabbing and affray in Wantirna South on Monday, July 7. It is alleged that an altercation took place between a group of teenaged boys at a shopping centre on Burwood Highway in Wantirna South about 5.30pm...

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Sentinel-Times

10 Jul 2025

Police

Former Yarram resident identified as male found in river on Sunshine Coast

POLICE have identified the man found deceased in the Maroochy River in November 2023. After lengthy and in-depth investigations, the man has been identified as 47-year-old Alexander Marinis, originally from Yarram in Victoria. The man moved from...

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Sentinel-Times

01 Jul 2025

Police

Grantville transfer station broken into overnight, police appealing for information

POLICE are investigating a break-in at Grantville Transfer Station at approximately 9pm on Monday evening, June 16. It’s understood offender/s cut chains to a security fence and entered the premise. Once inside they broke the window into an office...

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Sentinel-Times

17 Jun 2025

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