Crime
From the Archives, 1992: Shootout in Preston
On March 4, 1992, police were involved in a dangerous highspeed chase and shootout in Preston and Northland Shopping centre in pursuit of an offender who earlier robbed a credit society in Boondoora.
- by Bruce Tobin
Latest
Neo-Nazi group leader charged with assault of Channel Nine security guard
The leader of a Melbourne neo-Nazi group has been charged after allegedly assaulting a Channel Nine security guard prior to the broadcast of a story about the organisation on “A Current Affair”.
- by David Estcourt
Trio arrested over alleged assault of four girls on jet ski off Altona beach
Three men have been arrested over alleged sexual assaults on four underage girls at Altona beach that took place on jet skis driven out to deep water.
- by Erin Pearson and David Estcourt
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: Not even a pandemic could dampen Australia’s appetite for cocaine
Nathanael Cooper and crime reporter Fergus Hunter explore the rise in cocaine use in Australia and the impact it is having on organised crime.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Father identified in Ravenhall drive-by slaying
The man who was fatally shot outside a Ravenhall pool hall has been identified as a young father from Deer Park.
- by David Estcourt
Drive-by pool hall shooting leaves father dead, one in hospital
A drive-by shooting outside a pool hall in Melbourne’s outer west has left a father dead and another man seriously injured.
- by David Estcourt, Henrietta Cook and Carolyn Webb
Inside job: Jail in ‘bounty of breath-taking proportions’ $3.2m gold heist
The inside man who played the role of victim in a $3.2 million hold-up from a Melbourne gold dealer has been jailed for five years and nine months.
- by Adam Cooper
‘You preyed upon a young girl’: Uber driver jailed for five years after raping teenage passenger
The 32-year-old driver told the 18-year-old woman he could ‘make the ride cheaper’ before raping her in the back of his car.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Woman jailed for blackmailing grieving parents loses appeal
The Court of Appeal has upheld a jail sentence for a woman who demanded $1000 from the parents of a dying baby for the return of a mobile phone containing hundreds of photos of their child.
- by Adam Cooper
Bourke Street accused also charged with assaulting a man with a metal pole
A young man accused of driving a car along Bourke Street Mall and causing panic among pedestrians is also charged with unlawful imprisonment and assaulting a man with a metal pole.
- by Adam Cooper
Police release CCTV footage of man after sexual assault in CBD
Investigators release CCTV footage of a man they believe could help with their investigation into a sexual assault near Melbourne’s legal precinct last month.
- by David Estcourt