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5 December 2025 South Melbourne 45 year-old St Kilda man | A 45 year-old St Kilda man was arrested over a spate of alleged shop thefts in South Melbourne. He was charged with six counts of stealing from a shop, and two counts of committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. Following this arrest,the man was again bailed, to appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 25 May 2026. | |
27 November 2025 Whittington (Geelong) 29 year-old Whittington (Geelong) man | Police investigated after a bag containing firearms was discovered in a street in Whittington last week. They executed a search warrant at an address in Alouette Court and arrested a 29 year-old man. They later charged the man with 32 offences, including trafficking a commercial quantity of a drug of dependence, possessing a traffickable quantity of firearms, and failing to answer bail. | |
18-19 November 2025 Bayswater, Ashwood, Burwood, Hawthorn, Oakleigh 18 year-old male from Burnside Heights, 16 year-old male from Knox | Two teenage males engaged in a string of violent robberies across Melbourne's eastern suburbs over a two day period. They are alleged to have hit five convenience and cigarette stores, targeting cigarettes and vapes. The following day, police arrested the 18 year-old male in Burnside Heights, charging him the following 16 offences: * Theft (x4) * Attempted burglary (x2) * Criminal damage (x2) * Robbery (x3) * Common law assault (x2) * Recklessly causing injury * Committing an indictable offence whilst on bail * Contravening a condition of bail The next day, police attended an address in the Knox area, where they arrested a 16 year-old male and charged him with the following 18 offences: * Theft (x5) * Attempted burglary (x2) * Criminal damage (x2) * Robbery (x3) * Common law assault (x2) * Recklessly causing injury * Theft of motor vehicle * Failing to comply with a direction to assist * Handling stolen goods It is alleged the pair utilised an Isuzu utility stolen from a Dandenong address on 13 November. | |
17 November 2025 Ascot Vale A man | A man used a sledgehammer to try to smash his way through the front door of an Ascot Vale home, while a woman and three children slept inside. Police were called to the scene and arrested the man, seizing a sledgehammer, an iron bar and an imitation firearm wrapped in a black sheet. The man was charged with aggravated burglary with an offensive weapon, going equipped to steal and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. | |
15 November 2025 Queen St, Melbourne CBD 29 year-old Melton South woman | A 29 year-old woman from Melton South randomly attacked another woman on Queen St around 3:40pm, striking her in the upper body with an object. She then continued along Queen St and randomly attacked another woman, striking her in the upper body with the same object. The first victim, a 22-year-old woman from the Melbourne area, was treated at the scene for minor injuries. The second victim, a 23-year-old woman also from the Melbourne area, was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The woman has been charged with recklessly causing injury, aggravated assault of a female, committing an indictable offence whilst on bail and possessing methylamphetamine. | |
14 November 2025 Shepparton 32 year-old Mooroopna man | Detectives have charged a man after he allegedly stole a car with a sleeping toddler inside it last week. It is alleged the man stole the vehicle from a supermarket carpark on Maude Street just before 2pm on 14 November. When he realised a 15-month-old boy was inside, he allegedly removed the child and left him in a box in the carpark. The mother returned and located the toddler. The man allegedly fled in the red Volkswagen, worth $31,500, which was located in Mooroopna (a town 5km west of Shepparton) the following day. Police arrested the 32-year-old Mooroopna man in central Shepparton one week later. He allegedly suffered a back injury during the arrest. He has been charged with theft of motor vehicle, reckless conduct endanger serious injury and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. Detectives also charged the man with a number of offences in an unrelated incident in the Shepparton and Barmah areas on 17 November. Charges include theft of motor vehicle, dangerous driving whilst pursued by police and aggravated reckless exposure of police officer to risk by driving. | |
14 November 2025 Clarendon St, South Melbourne 22 year-old South Melbourne man | A 22 year-old South Melbourne man stabbed a 41 year-old South Melbourne man on Clarendon St in South Melbourne around 10pm on Friday night. The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The two men were known to each other. Police arrested and charged the 22 year-old man with intentionally causing serious injury, breaching bail, possessing cannabis, possessing a controlled weapon and committing an indictable offence while on bail. | |
04 November 2025 (Cup Day) Westfield Knox City Shopping Centre, Wantirna South 19 year-old Thornbury man | The man assaulted a 47 year-old security guard in a laneway around 12:45pm, before taking off on foot through the shopping centre. The victim was taken to hospital with serious facial injuries, and was still recovering at home over one week later. Police found the man asleep in a stolen car a week later and arrested him. He was charged with 12 offences, including intentionally causing injury, assault with a weapon, committing an indictable offence while on bail, possessing stolen goods, and attempted burglary. | |
03 November 2025 Pakenham 16 year-old Frankston male, 14 year-old Kingston male, 16 year-old Geelong female | A trio of teens in a Range Rover stolen from Elwood overnight pulled up beside a 19 year-old man and a 16 year-old boy from Lang Lang around 9am on a quiet residential street in Pakenham. The trio demanded items, and when the 19 year-old victim refused, he was cornered on a porch, assaulted and slashed with a knife. The 16 year-old victim pushed one of the offenders away, and the pair fled towards a nearby railway station. The girl picked up one of the victim's bags, and the trio fled in the Range Rover, stopping in Cranbourne North 15 minutes later to steal petrol from a service station. The 19 year-old victim was transported to hospital. All three offenders were arrested within one week of the incident. The 16 year-old Frankston male was charged with robbery, theft of a motor vehicle and handling stolen goods; he was bailed to appear at a children's court on a later date. The 14 year-old Kingston male was charged with armed robbery, intentionally causing serious injury, theft of a motor vehicle, theft, committing an indictable offence whilst on bail and other assault offences. The 16 year-old Geelong female was charged with robbery, theft, theft of a motor vehicle, handling stolen goods, unlawful assault, stealing from a shop, and was bailed to appear at a children's court on a later date. | |
27 October 2025 Panmure, Terang, Camperdown, Larpent, Winchelsea 39 year-old Warrnambool man | Police chased a man driving erratically in a stolen Ford Falcon on the Princes Highway. The man drove at high speeds, narrowly missed other vehicles and drove on the wrong side of the road. He was eventually arrested after his car ran out of fuel. | |
26 October 2025 Melbourne CBD 36 year-old man of no fixed address | A 36 year-old taxi passenger threatened his driver around 9:40pm. The driver managed to get out of the vehicle and was not physically injured. The man fled in the taxi and collided with another car, causing it to career into other vehicles and knock over a traffic light. The man got out of the taxi and attempted to run from the scene, but was restrained by members of the public and an off-duty police officer. He was charged with carjacking, theft of a motor vehicle, driving in a dangerous manner and other offences. | |
24 October 2025 Broadmeadows 19 year-old Westmeadows man, 18 year-old Meadow Heights man, 18 year-old Fawkner man | Emergency services were called to Central Grove, Broadmeadows after a boy was found with a stab wound around 5pm. It is alleged he was injured as a result of a brawl between two groups on Stanhope Street, moments earlier. He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. On 6 November 2025, police made the following arrests and charges: •The 19 year-old Westmeadows man was arrested and charged with affray, possessing a prohibited weapon, possessing firearm ammunition without a licence and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. •The 18 year-old Meadow Heights man was arrested and charged with affray and possessing a controlled weapon without excuse. •The Fawkner man was arrested and charged with affray. | |
22 October 2025 Morwell 27 year-old Morwell man | A 31 year-old Morwell man was stabbed inside a property on McMillan Street around 10:30pm. He was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The 27 year-old alleged offender was taken into custody and has been charged. The parties are believed to have been known to each other. | |
19 October 2025 Melbourne CBD 24 year-old Corio man | On Sunday 19 October 2025, 800+ people attended a “March for Australia” rally in Melbourne CBD. The protesters gathered on the steps of Parliament House, where speeches were given, before a march to Flinders Street Station and back. The rally’s focus was opposition to “mass migration”. A counter-rally was organised in response to the March for Australia rally. It has been described as a coalition of anti-racism/pro-immigration groups (e.g. Campaign Against Racism and Fascism) and included the slogan “No white Australia. Counter the far right.” Police alleged that the counter protest group hurled rocks, glass bottles and rotten fruit at police. Two police officers were injured and taken to hospital on the day. A female Sergeant aged in her early 40s received a serious hand injury and a male Senior Constable aged in his 30s received a serious laceration to his leg which required stitches. The female Sergeant will require ongoing rehabilitation to strengthen and regain movement in her hand, impacting her operational capacity at work and her everyday life. Other officers were allegedly struck by projectiles with such force that their protective shields were cracked. A wand used by police to detect weapons was also stolen on the day. Weeks later, police arrested a 24 year-old Corio man who had been seen throwing a rock at a Senior Constable. The man was out on bail at the time. He was charged with reckless conduct endangering person, assaulting police, discharging a missile, behaving in a disorderly manner and failing to answer bail. Following his arrest, he was again bailed, to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 20 November. Police later released images of eight other persons of interest, the majority wearing masks and hoods. | |
19 October 2025 Hallam, Springvale, Noble Park, Dandenong 33 year-old Doveton man, 34 year-old Hampton Park man, 60 year-old Dandenong North man | Three men, in possession of a laser-printed handgun, stole cars and gardening tools. | |
19 October 2025 Footscray 51 year-old Seddon woman | A woman in possession of methylamphetamine smashed a front window of a house, intending to enter. | |
13 October 2025 Dallas, Meadow Heights Two 30 year-old men, from Dallas and Meadow Heights | Car chase through Melbourne's northern suburbs, with police seizing methylamphetamine and ammunition. | |
13 October 2025 Craigieburn 28 year-old Wallan man | During a brawl between four men outside a shopping centre, one man produced a knife and stabbed two of the other men, who were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. | |
10 October 2025 Broadmeadows Central shopping centre An 18 year-old man from Mill Park (on bail at the time), and members of two local gangs | Two rival gangs of young men became involved in an altercation outside Broadmeadows Central shopping centre around 7:20pm on a Friday night. Police were called, but the altercation turned into a machete brawl and spilled into the shopping centre, which was transformed into a battleground. Vision captured by shoppers shows several young men, wearing black jackets, track pants and balaclavas, taking swipes at each other with machetes – essentially engaged in a swordfight. Some shoppers said they were left terrified by the incident and had to lock themselves inside a store with staff as people clashed with bladed weapons outside. The scenes were described as "like a movie" as screams rang out from inside locked stores. The two groups fled the scene in a silver Honda and a white Mazda before police arrived at the scene; no arrests were made on the day. There was recently-installed machete bin, from the Victorian government, 400m from the shopping centre. Some of the gang members later shared footage of the incident from their mobile phones. On 28 October, police arrested an 18 year-old man from Mill Park and charged him with: •Affray (x2) •Possessing a prohibited weapon •Committing an indictable offence whilst on bail (x2) •Publishing material about the commission of a relevant offence (x2) Police also arrested a 17 year-old boy from the Banyule area, and charged him with: •Affray •Possessing a prohibited weapon •Possessing an imitation firearm •Theft of a motor vehicle •Publishing material about the commission of a relevant offence •Incitement •Failing to comply with directions •Cannabis possession This boy was bailed to appear at a children's court at a later date. | |
02 Oct 2025 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne CBD 32 year-old female | 36 year-old Taiwanese female sushi chef Wan Lai randomly stabbed in lung on way to work. | |
09 and 31 August 2025 Melbourne CBD A 32 year-old prominent male neo-Nazi – the leader of the National Socialist Network | This incident concerns a prominent neo-Nazi – the leader of the National Socialist Network. On 02 September 2025, he was arrested outside the Magistrates' Court of Victoria at Melbourne and charged with the following 25 offences, alleged to have occurred on 09 and 31 August 2025: •Committing an indictable offence (affray) whilst on bail (x2) •Common law assault (x5) •Committing violent disorder •Affray •Aggravated assault (x9), being 7 counts by kicking and 2 counts with a weapon •Discharging a missile (x5) •Wilful damage of property •Contravening a conduct condition of bail The 09 August incident Around 12:30am on Saturday 9 August 2025, a group of approximately 200 members of the Network, wearing black clothing and black face coverings, commenced a march through Melbourne's CBD. It is alleged the group were chanting slogans and carrying banners with white supremacist, anti-immigration and neo-Nazi messaging, including a banner that read "white man fight back". The offender, at the head of the protesting group, was the only person not wearing a face covering. At approximately 12:45am, Lachlan Hawkins approached the group as they marched through the Bourke Street Mall. Hawkins stood in front of the offender and spat on the ground in his direction. It is alleged that the offender immediately retaliated by raising his fists in a fighting stance, pivoting to face Hawkins and lunging in his direction. Hawkins punched the offender in the head with his fist, before the pair traded blows. After a brief exchange, it is alleged that the offender overpowered Hawkins, forcing him to hunch over and cover his head for protection. A witness attempted to intervene and pull Hawkins from the altercation, but was tackled to the ground by several members of the Network. Several more members of the Network joined the melee and knocked Hawkins to the ground. It is alleged that they then kicked Hawkins in the head several times, leaving him with cuts and abrasions to his face. As a result of the incident, which was captured by CCTV cameras, Hawkins was conveyed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital for treatment. The offender was ushered away by others after his altercation with Hawkins. The 31 August incident On Sunday 31 August 2025, a number of planned protests were held throughout Melbourne's CBD, with the stated objective of voicing opposition to the government's immigration policies. At the same time and location, a counter-protest took place voicing opposition to the protesters' views. A group representing the Network attended, led by the offender. He delivered a speech from the steps of Parliament on Spring Street expressing the views of the Network on immigration. After a majority of the planned protest groups had dispersed, the Network group attended a lawful encampment of First Nations people on a site known as Camp Sovereignty, located near King's Domain. The offender is alleged to have led the Network group, consisting of approximately 30 men, dressed in black. It is alleged that the offender turned to the Network group and instructed them to run towards Camp Sovereignty. The group allegedly charged towards the camp, kicking and striking at signage. Camp Sovereignty occupants attempted to prevent damage to the signage and protect their encampment. During the initial conflict, it is alleged that Network group members attacked at least 2 Camp Sovereignty occupants. One Camp Sovereignty occupant is alleged to have been kicked by a Network member while being held down by 2 other members. Another occupant is alleged to have been attacked with a pole, and to have been kicked and punched by another 2 Network members. An observer saw this initial conflict and attempted to confront a Network member. The Network member threw the observer to the ground and punched her several times to the face and body. The victim of this alleged assault suffered a nasal facture. Another victim of the initial altercation sustained injuries that required 7 staples in her scalp. Later in the confrontation, as the 2 groups faced each other (there may have been others involved), it is alleged that there were a number of violent outbursts directed at the Camp Sovereignty occupants from Network members. A Camp Sovereignty occupant is alleged to have been kicked by 2 members, and another occupant to have been struck in the head with a flagpole. It is alleged that, during one of these outbursts, the offender punched a Camp Sovereignty occupant, making contact with the occupant's collarbone. At the conclusion of the confrontation, with both groups standing their ground, it is alleged that 5 Network members discharged "missiles" at the Camp Sovereignty group. It is further alleged that the offender kicked a Camp Sovereignty occupant. At least 3 Camp Sovereignty occupants are said to have suffered physical injuries as a result of the alleged attack. 14 co-accused were also charged with offences arising from the events at Camp Sovereignty, each of whom were granted bail. The offender was charged for both the assaults he is alleged to have committed directly, and as the principal offender on the basis of statutory complicity for assaults alleged to have been committed by his co-accused. The prosecution's case against the offender and his co-offenders relies, among other things, upon video footage captured at the scene of the confrontation at Camp Sovereignty and telecommunications location data to allegedly confirm the identity of those who have been charged. The prosecution alleges the Network members were the first to engage. The offender alleged the confrontation was a consequence of Camp Sovereignty having been used as a staging ground, or similar, for antagonists to launch attacks on members of the Network, or their associates, throughout the day. At the time of these alleged August offences, the offender was already out on bail for 2 counts of intimidating a police officer and 2 counts of contravening a personal safety intervention order. (He was later convicted and sentenced in respect of those charges, on 12 September 2025). The offender has a criminal history of similar, violent offences. The offender again successfully applied for bail in respect of the alleged August offences. In his application, he described the National Socialist Network as "a right-wing political organisation advocating, among other things, for a return to the white Australia policy." The prosecution described it as "an anti-immigration political organisation that is associated with ideologies including white supremacy and neo-Nazism", and submitted that it has a "documented history of hate crimes and violence" for which the offender has been responsible for inciting and directing its members to commit. The offender is 32 years old, was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and came to Australia with his family in 1996. He is in a long-term relationship with his fiancée, with whom he has two young children. His role as a leader of the Network is part time, and he receives remuneration of about $1,000 per fortnight for it. He served in the Australian Defence Force between 2012 and 2014. From 2014 to 2016 he attended Swinburne University. He has worked various jobs, including in security services, hospitality, residential care, labouring and roof plumbing. A previous employer described him as "reliable, punctual and a dedicated worker who performed his tasks to a high standard". | |
26 May 2025 Dandenong 19 year-old Hampton Park man, 19 year-old Rowville man, 52 year-old Rowville man | Several gunshots were fired at a stolen grey BMW, injuring at least one of the occupants, a 19 year-old Clayton South man. | |
25 May 2025 Northland Shopping Centre, Preston Eight teenage males | Machete brawl between eight teenage members of rival gangs. | |
Mar and Apr 2025 Melbourne CBD, Essendon Four men, aged between 21 and 31 | Five men used stolen car to "ram raid" luxury stores (Burberry, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, and David Jones), stealing $1.2m worth of goods. | |
12 January 2025 St Kilda 15 year-old Alfredton male | The teen approached a 39 year old St Albans man walking along Barkly St around 9:15pm, demanding his car keys, before chasing him and striking him in the head with a machete, then running off empty-handed. The victim was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. In the months prior, the teen committed other violent crimes and drove at speeds of up to 220km/h in a stolen car. | |
2018 - 2025 Geelong, Melbourne Young nurse from Geelong | The woman was registered as a nurse in 2012, aged 20, and started working at University Hospital Geelong. Following a workplace injury in 2018, and allegations of workplace bullying, she began using illicit drugs to self-manage; by mid-2019, her drug use had escalated, and she became involved in drug trafficking and related criminal activity. On 18 June 2019, the woman was found passed out in a stolen car in Bell Post Hill, Geelong. Police found 23g of methylamphetamine, 7.7g of heroin, GHB and $6k in cash, along with digital scales and resealable bags. She was released on bail. The woman pleaded guilty to various offences, including theft of a motor vehicle and drug trafficking, and received a 6-month Community Corrections Order (CCO). The woman failed to notify the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, as required. However, Victoria Police made notification, and her nursing registration was suspended on 21 August 2019. On 1 September 2020, whilst still suspended and subject to bail conditions, the woman was caught driving with a fake licence, methylamphetamine and $9k in cash. She was charged with various offences, including possessing drugs, possessing a false document and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. She was convicted and sentenced to 3 days’ imprisonment (time already served) and a 15-month CCO with conditions for drug treatment and behaviour programs. The woman moved to Melbourne, and in November 2020, police raided her Queens Road apartment, finding 7.9g of methylamphetamine, $44k in cash, $4k in counterfeit $100 notes, an electric taser and stolen ID cards. She was granted bail pending court proceedings, with strict conditions. On 13 May 2022, she pleaded guilty to various offences in the County Court of Victoria. She was convicted and sentenced to an 18-month CCO, with drug and mental health treatment conditions, plus a $500 fine for the counterfeit money. In the years that followed, the woman continued to breach bail and CCO conditions, traffic drugs and commit related offences. Following referrals from the Nursing Board, VCAT made orders on 5 November 2025 reprimanding the woman, cancelling her registration as a nurse and disqualifying her from reapplying for 3 years. | |
29 October 2023 Kangaroo Flat, Bendigo 44 year-old Junortoun man | A man broke into the home of his ex-girlfriend, Filipino mother of four Analyn Osias, by breaking a window and ripping a security door off its hinges, before dragging her from bed, savagely beating her with his fists, then stabbing her to death. He had an active Family Violence Intervention Order against him and was on bail. The victim's two primary school-aged daughters witnessed the attack and were with their mother when emergency services arrived. He received a 24-and-a-half year jail sentence (with a non-parole period of 19 years). | |
01 September 2023 Batman Park in Melbourne CBD 44 year-old Bendigo man | The offender, a 44 year old Indigenous Bendigo man, met a 16 year-old girl at Bendigo Train Station. The girl had an intellectual disability, required a support dog and lived in assisted care in Bendigo. They exchanged phone numbers, commenced texting and arranged to meet at the Southern Cross Station Hungry Jacks the following week. After meeting, the pair walked to Batman Park and sat down together on a blanket. He kissed her on the cheek without warning. He said he wanted to have a baby with her and asked her to go to the toilet for sex, but she declined. He put a blanket over her head and asked her for sex, then proceeded to touch her breasts, put his hands inside her pants and penetrate her vagina with his finger. Throughout this, the girl repeatedly said "No", asked him to stop and said that she was uncomfortable. She recalled that she was crying at the time of penetration and that her vagina was burning. He asked her to touch his penis but she refused. The victim later reported the incident to Protective Services Officers (PSOs) at Southern Cross Station. At the time of the incident, the offender was already on bail in relation to charges for assault and property damage. He also already had a lengthy criminal history, including theft, burglary, property damage, arson, drunk and disorderly conduct, assault, indecent assault and drug offences. In court, the offender denied the charges and claimed to be impotent. The girl described her suffering as a result of the incident, including depression, nightmares, struggling to get out of bed and fear of leaving home. The offender was found guilty by a jury, and senenced to 5 years' impriosnment, with a non-parole period of 2 years and 6 months. | |
26-31 July 2023 Tarneit, Caroline Springs, Manor Lakes, Weir Views Lucus Gun and Sam Kent, both 16 year-old males (both pseudonyms) | Gun and Kent were both from South Sudanese families and affiliated with the “Original Gangster Killers” (OGK), a street gang based around the Taylors Lakes area. They were out on bail and parole for theft and violence offences. Across two evenings, wearing masks and accompanied by other young males, Gun and Kent carried out a fast moving series of robberies and assaults using a stolen Mazda, machetes and baseball bats. The first night began in Tarneit around 7:40 pm on 26 July 2023. Two men walking home from a Sikh temple were chased down at the corner of Frances Browne Way and Saint Lukes Road. Gun produced a baseball bat; Kent produced a machete. One victim’s phone was taken amid shouted demands for his password; when he refused, he was struck to the leg and head with the bat while the machete was brandished at close quarters, causing cuts to his hands as he tried to ward it off. Attention then turned to the second victim, who surrendered his phone, earbuds and watch under threats of stabbing and further blows. When he balked at providing banking credentials, he was slapped and struck in the knee. Roughly ten minutes later, a single pedestrian was surrounded after both offenders and a third male spilled from a dark sedan, again armed with a machete and bats. The victim handed over two phones but was held, menaced with the machete and repeatedly struck to the legs, body and face when he faltered over his passcodes. Passing motorists slowed but drove on as the group waved weapons and yelled; the victim’s lip was cut, his ear and leg were sore, and his hand was injured. Minutes after that, the pair entered a McDonald’s in balaclavas. Kent carried a baseball bat. Fixating on a young man at a self checkout, they demanded to know if he was a rival “Niner,” insisted he show his Instagram to prove it, and when he resisted a demand to “run your ones,” Kent struck him in the face with the bat. They left briefly to a dark Mazda 6 – later identified as stolen – then returned, grabbed the victim by the collar, threw him into the counter and, with a third male, punched, kicked and struck him with the bat while his companion screamed. As they left, one raised the bat toward her, telling her to “shut up.” The following afternoon, 27 July 2023, the group expanded. Around 5:00 pm at The Parade in Caroline Springs, a Mazda sedan disgorged about six masked teens armed with machetes and bats. They chased down a couple riding an e scooter toward the Leisure Centre, pulling the female from the scooter by her jacket or hair and surrounding the male. Demands for his scooter and phones were punctuated by blows with a bat to his knee and head and repeated insistence that he unlock his device and provide iCloud credentials. The offenders tried, and failed, to force the scooter into the Mazda before abandoning it at the kerb. An hour later, three boys—aged 13, 15 and 16—were set upon at the Baden Powell Reserve basketball courts in Tarneit during a sixteenth birthday game. Gun, Kent and others arrived in a dark sedan, hooded and armed. They demanded phones; a bystander who queried them was told to keep walking or be hurt. The 15 year old was struck repeatedly to the head and body, corralled, forced to retrieve his phone and open it while being hit, and stabbed in the buttock by a laughing assailant. The 16 year old had his phone smashed and shoes taken; when he tried to help his friend, he was chased down, hit in the back of the head with a metal object and, while on the ground, punched, kicked and stabbed multiple times. His injuries were grave: three stab wounds to the buttocks, a stab wound to the chest wall, three scalp lacerations—one to the bone with underlying skull injury—and catastrophic hand trauma amounting to an almost amputation of his left little finger with severed tendons, nerves and vessels, plus fractures requiring surgical repair and hardware. CCTV captured screams and calls to “stab him.” Blood pooled across the court and play area as police arrived; two victims lay on the ground awaiting treatment. Around 7:00 pm that evening at Hungry Jack’s in Manor Lakes, Gun and Kent, masked and with three others, surrounded two 15 year olds at a table near the entrance. With one boy held down and told not to move or be hurt, both surrendered their phones, and Gun forced one to log out of iCloud before taking it. When a mother entered to collect her son, she was shoved from the premises after being told, “what do you think, I’m robbing him.” The group left in the stolen Mazda. Police recovered the Mazda the next day in Fraser Rise; Kent’s fingerprints were inside. On 31 July 2023, a search warrant at the Weir Views address where both were staying yielded balaclavas, victim property, and cannabis (37 grams each). A parcel addressed to Gun arrived mid search containing a purchased “Z Hunter” machete. Both were arrested. The court characterised the overall spree as a cowardly rampage targeting vulnerable members of the public. Sam Kent received a total effective sentence of 4 years and 3 months’ imprisonment, with a non parole period of 2 years and 4 months. A $500 fine was imposed for possession of a drug of dependence. Lucus Gun received a total effective sentence of 3 years and 9 months’ imprisonment, with a non parole period of 2 years. He was fined $500 for possession of a drug of dependence. | |
February 2023 – June 2024 Newborough, Yarragon 28 year-old Newborough man | The offender was a 28 year-old Indigenous Latrobe Valley man and father of three (expecting a fourth) who lived in Newborough with his partner. He had previously worked in abattoirs, at SPC, on a poultry farm and as a casual plasterer. On 1 February 2023, police raided his home and located: •A white Holden Commodore station wagon stolen from Frankston Nissan in December 2022 •A silver Holden Commodore sedan stolen from the Crown Casino car park in December 2022 •A black Holden VG ute stolen from Traralgon Car City in January 2023 •A silver Holden sedan stolen from the Crown Casino car park in December 2022 •A grey Holden sedan stolen from the Park Royal Hotel in Clayton in January 2023 Officers also found numerous stolen car parts, stolen registration plates and around $39k in cash. Later that day, police searched a Yarragon storage unit the man rented and found a black Holden ClubSport sedan wearing plates from a vehicle stolen in Box Hill North in January 2023. He claimed he purchased the vehicles online for $2k–$3k each and refused to provide his phone PIN. He was charged and released on bail. Police returned on 1 March 2023 while he was still on bail. They discovered: •A Holden Commodore stolen from Berwick Railway Station the previous day, fitted with false plates •A Holden Sandman station wagon stolen from Jeff Wignall Ford in Frankston on 14 February 2023, bearing false plates They also seized a wallet containing $1.2k in cash and 14 grams of methylamphetamine. He again claimed to have bought the vehicles, said the cash came from mowing lawns and refused to unlock his phone. Nine stolen vehicles were linked to him. Insurance payouts on eight totalled $217,997.48. The ninth—an uninsured collectors’ car—had been earmarked for sale to support a victim’s autistic son, but was recovered as a stripped shell. He was again bailed yet arrested on 5 June 2024 for further alleged handling offending. He pleaded guilty in the County Koori Court to ten indictable charges of handling stolen goods and possessing a drug of dependence, plus four summary charges including committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. On 10 October 2024, he received a 3 year and 4 month sentence with a 2 year and 1 month non-parole period. The judge described his conduct as a professional, well-organised rebirthing enterprise but noted his efforts to reconnect with his Aboriginal heritage as a positive rehabilitation step. His prior record featured burglary, theft, criminal damage and recklessly causing injury convictions. | |
14 January 2023 Kyneton 39 year-old man | Around 4pm on a Saturday afternoon, police radar detected a 2003 Holden Commodore ute with fake plates doing 122kph in an 80kph zone in Kyneton. It was driven by a 39 year-old man who was unlicensed, and under the influence of both methylamphetamine (ice) and amphetamine, to the extent that he was incapable of having proper control over his vehicle. When police operated their emergency lights, he sped away, ultimately crashing into a Ford Territory driven by Colin McKimmie with his wife, Wendy McKimmie, each aged 75. They were on the way to walk their dog by the river. Colin suffered horrific injuries, including fractured pelvis, ribs and scapula. He underwent a number of surgical operations, but was ultimately diagnosed with brain injury, developed various other conditions (including pneumonia, seizures and deep vein thrombosis), and died some seven weeks after the collision. Wendy also suffered a fractured rib, but survived. The driver pleaded guilty in the County Court to culpable driving causing death, recklessly causing injury, possessing a drug of dependence, and other summary offences. He was sentenced to 11 years and 6 months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 7 years and 6 months. He was on bail at the time of the collision, for various charges, including recklessly causing serious injury, failing to answer bail, contravening a family violence final intervention order (in favour of his mother), possessing cannabis, and possessing an imitation firearm. He also had a very young child. The driver challenged his sentence, claiming it was “manifestly excessive”, but this application was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Victoria. | |
25 April 2022 Melbourne A woman and a man | A woman and a man forced their way into the home of Anthony Prieto, where his girlfriend, Tayla Morgan-Carr, was also present. The woman was armed with a fire extinguisher, and the man with a knife. Various threats were made to both Mr Prieto and Ms Morgan-Carr. The man punched Mr Prieto. At one point, the woman said to her accomplice "Give me the knife I'll stab him." The woman was out on bail at the time of this incident. She pleaded guilty in the County Court to the following charges: •Aggravated burglary •Making a threat to inflict serious injury (x2) •Common assault (x2) •Handling stolen goods •Possessing a drug of dependence •Committing an indictable offence whilst on bail •Possessing cartridge ammunition without a licence or permit The woman was ultimately sentenced to 2 years and 1 month imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 1 year and 2 months. | |
03 March 2021 Jacana 45 year-old man | The offender was granted bail on 09 February 2021 for a number of dishonesty offences. Less than a month later, on the night of 03 March 2021, he broke into a car in Jacana, stole a wallet, and attempted to use a card from the wallet at a service station; the card was declined. At 5am on the same night, the offender - affected by amphetamine and alcohol - climbed a locked gate to enter a residential backyard, wearing a Nike cap and a face mask. He stole a pair of underwear from the clothesline, and pocketed them. He entered the house intending to steal, and interacted with the household's "super friendly" dog. In the lounge room, he found a woman asleep on the couch, wearing only a light robe. He twice touched or stroked her lower buttock or thigh area. When she stirred, he ran away. The woman chased him into the street, where he returned the underwear and introduced himself. When the police later searched him, he was carrying a knife. In interview, he said he felt “aroused” when stealing, describing an adrenaline‑seeking pattern linked to drug use that had “replaced” the thrills he had previously obtained from skateboarding and surfing. The man already had a significant criminal history, including for theft, drug offences, burglary and sexual assault. | |
25 November 2020 Seaford Train Station 19 year-old man, 17 year-old Frankston man | A 26 year-old Langwarrin man, carpenter Cameron Smith, was out for a dinner with a girlfriend, Natasha Stroumos, when they were approached by a group of people who abused and intimidated her. He came to her defence, and was stabbed in the heart and killed with a broken bottle. He was kicked by his attackers as he lay bleeding on the ground. |
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A 45 year-old St Kilda man was arrested over a spate of alleged shop thefts in South Melbourne. He was charged with six counts of stealing from a shop, and two counts of committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
Following this arrest,the man was again bailed, to appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 25 May 2026.
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Police investigated after a bag containing firearms was discovered in a street in Whittington last week. They executed a search warrant at an address in Alouette Court and arrested a 29 year-old man. They later charged the man with 32 offences, including trafficking a commercial quantity of a drug of dependence, possessing a traffickable quantity of firearms, and failing to answer bail.
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Two teenage males engaged in a string of violent robberies across Melbourne's eastern suburbs over a two day period. They are alleged to have hit five convenience and cigarette stores, targeting cigarettes and vapes.
The following day, police arrested the 18 year-old male in Burnside Heights, charging him the following 16 offences:
* Theft (x4) * Attempted burglary (x2) * Criminal damage (x2) * Robbery (x3) * Common law assault (x2) * Recklessly causing injury * Committing an indictable offence whilst on bail * Contravening a condition of bail
The next day, police attended an address in the Knox area, where they arrested a 16 year-old male and charged him with the following 18 offences:
* Theft (x5) * Attempted burglary (x2) * Criminal damage (x2) * Robbery (x3) * Common law assault (x2) * Recklessly causing injury * Theft of motor vehicle * Failing to comply with a direction to assist * Handling stolen goods
It is alleged the pair utilised an Isuzu utility stolen from a Dandenong address on 13 November.
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A man used a sledgehammer to try to smash his way through the front door of an Ascot Vale home, while a woman and three children slept inside.
Police were called to the scene and arrested the man, seizing a sledgehammer, an iron bar and an imitation firearm wrapped in a black sheet.
The man was charged with aggravated burglary with an offensive weapon, going equipped to steal and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
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A 29 year-old woman from Melton South randomly attacked another woman on Queen St around 3:40pm, striking her in the upper body with an object.
She then continued along Queen St and randomly attacked another woman, striking her in the upper body with the same object.
The first victim, a 22-year-old woman from the Melbourne area, was treated at the scene for minor injuries. The second victim, a 23-year-old woman also from the Melbourne area, was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The woman has been charged with recklessly causing injury, aggravated assault of a female, committing an indictable offence whilst on bail and possessing methylamphetamine.
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Detectives have charged a man after he allegedly stole a car with a sleeping toddler inside it last week. It is alleged the man stole the vehicle from a supermarket carpark on Maude Street just before 2pm on 14 November.
When he realised a 15-month-old boy was inside, he allegedly removed the child and left him in a box in the carpark. The mother returned and located the toddler.
The man allegedly fled in the red Volkswagen, worth $31,500, which was located in Mooroopna (a town 5km west of Shepparton) the following day.
Police arrested the 32-year-old Mooroopna man in central Shepparton one week later. He allegedly suffered a back injury during the arrest. He has been charged with theft of motor vehicle, reckless conduct endanger serious injury and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
Detectives also charged the man with a number of offences in an unrelated incident in the Shepparton and Barmah areas on 17 November. Charges include theft of motor vehicle, dangerous driving whilst pursued by police and aggravated reckless exposure of police officer to risk by driving.
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A 22 year-old South Melbourne man stabbed a 41 year-old South Melbourne man on Clarendon St in South Melbourne around 10pm on Friday night. The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The two men were known to each other.
Police arrested and charged the 22 year-old man with intentionally causing serious injury, breaching bail, possessing cannabis, possessing a controlled weapon and committing an indictable offence while on bail.
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The man assaulted a 47 year-old security guard in a laneway around 12:45pm, before taking off on foot through the shopping centre. The victim was taken to hospital with serious facial injuries, and was still recovering at home over one week later.
Police found the man asleep in a stolen car a week later and arrested him. He was charged with 12 offences, including intentionally causing injury, assault with a weapon, committing an indictable offence while on bail, possessing stolen goods, and attempted burglary.
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A trio of teens in a Range Rover stolen from Elwood overnight pulled up beside a 19 year-old man and a 16 year-old boy from Lang Lang around 9am on a quiet residential street in Pakenham. The trio demanded items, and when the 19 year-old victim refused, he was cornered on a porch, assaulted and slashed with a knife. The 16 year-old victim pushed one of the offenders away, and the pair fled towards a nearby railway station. The girl picked up one of the victim's bags, and the trio fled in the Range Rover, stopping in Cranbourne North 15 minutes later to steal petrol from a service station. The 19 year-old victim was transported to hospital.
All three offenders were arrested within one week of the incident. The 16 year-old Frankston male was charged with robbery, theft of a motor vehicle and handling stolen goods; he was bailed to appear at a children's court on a later date. The 14 year-old Kingston male was charged with armed robbery, intentionally causing serious injury, theft of a motor vehicle, theft, committing an indictable offence whilst on bail and other assault offences. The 16 year-old Geelong female was charged with robbery, theft, theft of a motor vehicle, handling stolen goods, unlawful assault, stealing from a shop, and was bailed to appear at a children's court on a later date.
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Police chased a man driving erratically in a stolen Ford Falcon on the Princes Highway. The man drove at high speeds, narrowly missed other vehicles and drove on the wrong side of the road. He was eventually arrested after his car ran out of fuel.
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A 36 year-old taxi passenger threatened his driver around 9:40pm. The driver managed to get out of the vehicle and was not physically injured. The man fled in the taxi and collided with another car, causing it to career into other vehicles and knock over a traffic light. The man got out of the taxi and attempted to run from the scene, but was restrained by members of the public and an off-duty police officer. He was charged with carjacking, theft of a motor vehicle, driving in a dangerous manner and other offences.
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Emergency services were called to Central Grove, Broadmeadows after a boy was found with a stab wound around 5pm. It is alleged he was injured as a result of a brawl between two groups on Stanhope Street, moments earlier. He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
On 6 November 2025, police made the following arrests and charges:
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A 31 year-old Morwell man was stabbed inside a property on McMillan Street around 10:30pm. He was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The 27 year-old alleged offender was taken into custody and has been charged. The parties are believed to have been known to each other.
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On Sunday 19 October 2025, 800+ people attended a “March for Australia” rally in Melbourne CBD. The protesters gathered on the steps of Parliament House, where speeches were given, before a march to Flinders Street Station and back. The rally’s focus was opposition to “mass migration”.
A counter-rally was organised in response to the March for Australia rally. It has been described as a coalition of anti-racism/pro-immigration groups (e.g. Campaign Against Racism and Fascism) and included the slogan “No white Australia. Counter the far right.”
Police alleged that the counter protest group hurled rocks, glass bottles and rotten fruit at police. Two police officers were injured and taken to hospital on the day. A female Sergeant aged in her early 40s received a serious hand injury and a male Senior Constable aged in his 30s received a serious laceration to his leg which required stitches. The female Sergeant will require ongoing rehabilitation to strengthen and regain movement in her hand, impacting her operational capacity at work and her everyday life. Other officers were allegedly struck by projectiles with such force that their protective shields were cracked. A wand used by police to detect weapons was also stolen on the day.
Weeks later, police arrested a 24 year-old Corio man who had been seen throwing a rock at a Senior Constable. The man was out on bail at the time. He was charged with reckless conduct endangering person, assaulting police, discharging a missile, behaving in a disorderly manner and failing to answer bail. Following his arrest, he was again bailed, to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 20 November.
Police later released images of eight other persons of interest, the majority wearing masks and hoods.
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Three men, in possession of a laser-printed handgun, stole cars and gardening tools.
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A woman in possession of methylamphetamine smashed a front window of a house, intending to enter.
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Car chase through Melbourne's northern suburbs, with police seizing methylamphetamine and ammunition.
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During a brawl between four men outside a shopping centre, one man produced a knife and stabbed two of the other men, who were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Two rival gangs of young men became involved in an altercation outside Broadmeadows Central shopping centre around 7:20pm on a Friday night. Police were called, but the altercation turned into a machete brawl and spilled into the shopping centre, which was transformed into a battleground.
Vision captured by shoppers shows several young men, wearing black jackets, track pants and balaclavas, taking swipes at each other with machetes – essentially engaged in a swordfight. Some shoppers said they were left terrified by the incident and had to lock themselves inside a store with staff as people clashed with bladed weapons outside. The scenes were described as "like a movie" as screams rang out from inside locked stores.
The two groups fled the scene in a silver Honda and a white Mazda before police arrived at the scene; no arrests were made on the day. There was recently-installed machete bin, from the Victorian government, 400m from the shopping centre.
Some of the gang members later shared footage of the incident from their mobile phones.
On 28 October, police arrested an 18 year-old man from Mill Park and charged him with:
Police also arrested a 17 year-old boy from the Banyule area, and charged him with:
This boy was bailed to appear at a children's court at a later date.
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36 year-old Taiwanese female sushi chef Wan Lai randomly stabbed in lung on way to work.
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This incident concerns a prominent neo-Nazi – the leader of the National Socialist Network. On 02 September 2025, he was arrested outside the Magistrates' Court of Victoria at Melbourne and charged with the following 25 offences, alleged to have occurred on 09 and 31 August 2025:
The 09 August incident
Around 12:30am on Saturday 9 August 2025, a group of approximately 200 members of the Network, wearing black clothing and black face coverings, commenced a march through Melbourne's CBD. It is alleged the group were chanting slogans and carrying banners with white supremacist, anti-immigration and neo-Nazi messaging, including a banner that read "white man fight back". The offender, at the head of the protesting group, was the only person not wearing a face covering.
At approximately 12:45am, Lachlan Hawkins approached the group as they marched through the Bourke Street Mall. Hawkins stood in front of the offender and spat on the ground in his direction. It is alleged that the offender immediately retaliated by raising his fists in a fighting stance, pivoting to face Hawkins and lunging in his direction. Hawkins punched the offender in the head with his fist, before the pair traded blows. After a brief exchange, it is alleged that the offender overpowered Hawkins, forcing him to hunch over and cover his head for protection.
A witness attempted to intervene and pull Hawkins from the altercation, but was tackled to the ground by several members of the Network. Several more members of the Network joined the melee and knocked Hawkins to the ground. It is alleged that they then kicked Hawkins in the head several times, leaving him with cuts and abrasions to his face.
As a result of the incident, which was captured by CCTV cameras, Hawkins was conveyed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital for treatment. The offender was ushered away by others after his altercation with Hawkins.
The 31 August incident
On Sunday 31 August 2025, a number of planned protests were held throughout Melbourne's CBD, with the stated objective of voicing opposition to the government's immigration policies. At the same time and location, a counter-protest took place voicing opposition to the protesters' views.
A group representing the Network attended, led by the offender. He delivered a speech from the steps of Parliament on Spring Street expressing the views of the Network on immigration. After a majority of the planned protest groups had dispersed, the Network group attended a lawful encampment of First Nations people on a site known as Camp Sovereignty, located near King's Domain. The offender is alleged to have led the Network group, consisting of approximately 30 men, dressed in black.
It is alleged that the offender turned to the Network group and instructed them to run towards Camp Sovereignty. The group allegedly charged towards the camp, kicking and striking at signage. Camp Sovereignty occupants attempted to prevent damage to the signage and protect their encampment. During the initial conflict, it is alleged that Network group members attacked at least 2 Camp Sovereignty occupants. One Camp Sovereignty occupant is alleged to have been kicked by a Network member while being held down by 2 other members. Another occupant is alleged to have been attacked with a pole, and to have been kicked and punched by another 2 Network members. An observer saw this initial conflict and attempted to confront a Network member. The Network member threw the observer to the ground and punched her several times to the face and body. The victim of this alleged assault suffered a nasal facture. Another victim of the initial altercation sustained injuries that required 7 staples in her scalp.
Later in the confrontation, as the 2 groups faced each other (there may have been others involved), it is alleged that there were a number of violent outbursts directed at the Camp Sovereignty occupants from Network members. A Camp Sovereignty occupant is alleged to have been kicked by 2 members, and another occupant to have been struck in the head with a flagpole. It is alleged that, during one of these outbursts, the offender punched a Camp Sovereignty occupant, making contact with the occupant's collarbone. At the conclusion of the confrontation, with both groups standing their ground, it is alleged that 5 Network members discharged "missiles" at the Camp Sovereignty group. It is further alleged that the offender kicked a Camp Sovereignty occupant. At least 3 Camp Sovereignty occupants are said to have suffered physical injuries as a result of the alleged attack.
14 co-accused were also charged with offences arising from the events at Camp Sovereignty, each of whom were granted bail. The offender was charged for both the assaults he is alleged to have committed directly, and as the principal offender on the basis of statutory complicity for assaults alleged to have been committed by his co-accused.
The prosecution's case against the offender and his co-offenders relies, among other things, upon video footage captured at the scene of the confrontation at Camp Sovereignty and telecommunications location data to allegedly confirm the identity of those who have been charged. The prosecution alleges the Network members were the first to engage. The offender alleged the confrontation was a consequence of Camp Sovereignty having been used as a staging ground, or similar, for antagonists to launch attacks on members of the Network, or their associates, throughout the day.
At the time of these alleged August offences, the offender was already out on bail for 2 counts of intimidating a police officer and 2 counts of contravening a personal safety intervention order. (He was later convicted and sentenced in respect of those charges, on 12 September 2025). The offender has a criminal history of similar, violent offences.
The offender again successfully applied for bail in respect of the alleged August offences. In his application, he described the National Socialist Network as "a right-wing political organisation advocating, among other things, for a return to the white Australia policy." The prosecution described it as "an anti-immigration political organisation that is associated with ideologies including white supremacy and neo-Nazism", and submitted that it has a "documented history of hate crimes and violence" for which the offender has been responsible for inciting and directing its members to commit.
The offender is 32 years old, was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and came to Australia with his family in 1996. He is in a long-term relationship with his fiancée, with whom he has two young children. His role as a leader of the Network is part time, and he receives remuneration of about $1,000 per fortnight for it. He served in the Australian Defence Force between 2012 and 2014. From 2014 to 2016 he attended Swinburne University. He has worked various jobs, including in security services, hospitality, residential care, labouring and roof plumbing. A previous employer described him as "reliable, punctual and a dedicated worker who performed his tasks to a high standard".
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Several gunshots were fired at a stolen grey BMW, injuring at least one of the occupants, a 19 year-old Clayton South man.
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Machete brawl between eight teenage members of rival gangs.
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Five men used stolen car to "ram raid" luxury stores (Burberry, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, and David Jones), stealing $1.2m worth of goods.
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The teen approached a 39 year old St Albans man walking along Barkly St around 9:15pm, demanding his car keys, before chasing him and striking him in the head with a machete, then running off empty-handed. The victim was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. In the months prior, the teen committed other violent crimes and drove at speeds of up to 220km/h in a stolen car.
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The woman was registered as a nurse in 2012, aged 20, and started working at University Hospital Geelong. Following a workplace injury in 2018, and allegations of workplace bullying, she began using illicit drugs to self-manage; by mid-2019, her drug use had escalated, and she became involved in drug trafficking and related criminal activity.
On 18 June 2019, the woman was found passed out in a stolen car in Bell Post Hill, Geelong. Police found 23g of methylamphetamine, 7.7g of heroin, GHB and $6k in cash, along with digital scales and resealable bags. She was released on bail. The woman pleaded guilty to various offences, including theft of a motor vehicle and drug trafficking, and received a 6-month Community Corrections Order (CCO). The woman failed to notify the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, as required. However, Victoria Police made notification, and her nursing registration was suspended on 21 August 2019.
On 1 September 2020, whilst still suspended and subject to bail conditions, the woman was caught driving with a fake licence, methylamphetamine and $9k in cash. She was charged with various offences, including possessing drugs, possessing a false document and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. She was convicted and sentenced to 3 days’ imprisonment (time already served) and a 15-month CCO with conditions for drug treatment and behaviour programs.
The woman moved to Melbourne, and in November 2020, police raided her Queens Road apartment, finding 7.9g of methylamphetamine, $44k in cash, $4k in counterfeit $100 notes, an electric taser and stolen ID cards. She was granted bail pending court proceedings, with strict conditions. On 13 May 2022, she pleaded guilty to various offences in the County Court of Victoria. She was convicted and sentenced to an 18-month CCO, with drug and mental health treatment conditions, plus a $500 fine for the counterfeit money.
In the years that followed, the woman continued to breach bail and CCO conditions, traffic drugs and commit related offences.
Following referrals from the Nursing Board, VCAT made orders on 5 November 2025 reprimanding the woman, cancelling her registration as a nurse and disqualifying her from reapplying for 3 years.
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A man broke into the home of his ex-girlfriend, Filipino mother of four Analyn Osias, by breaking a window and ripping a security door off its hinges, before dragging her from bed, savagely beating her with his fists, then stabbing her to death. He had an active Family Violence Intervention Order against him and was on bail. The victim's two primary school-aged daughters witnessed the attack and were with their mother when emergency services arrived. He received a 24-and-a-half year jail sentence (with a non-parole period of 19 years).
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The offender, a 44 year old Indigenous Bendigo man, met a 16 year-old girl at Bendigo Train Station. The girl had an intellectual disability, required a support dog and lived in assisted care in Bendigo. They exchanged phone numbers, commenced texting and arranged to meet at the Southern Cross Station Hungry Jacks the following week.
After meeting, the pair walked to Batman Park and sat down together on a blanket. He kissed her on the cheek without warning. He said he wanted to have a baby with her and asked her to go to the toilet for sex, but she declined. He put a blanket over her head and asked her for sex, then proceeded to touch her breasts, put his hands inside her pants and penetrate her vagina with his finger. Throughout this, the girl repeatedly said "No", asked him to stop and said that she was uncomfortable. She recalled that she was crying at the time of penetration and that her vagina was burning. He asked her to touch his penis but she refused. The victim later reported the incident to Protective Services Officers (PSOs) at Southern Cross Station.
At the time of the incident, the offender was already on bail in relation to charges for assault and property damage. He also already had a lengthy criminal history, including theft, burglary, property damage, arson, drunk and disorderly conduct, assault, indecent assault and drug offences.
In court, the offender denied the charges and claimed to be impotent. The girl described her suffering as a result of the incident, including depression, nightmares, struggling to get out of bed and fear of leaving home.
The offender was found guilty by a jury, and senenced to 5 years' impriosnment, with a non-parole period of 2 years and 6 months.
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Gun and Kent were both from South Sudanese families and affiliated with the “Original Gangster Killers” (OGK), a street gang based around the Taylors Lakes area. They were out on bail and parole for theft and violence offences.
Across two evenings, wearing masks and accompanied by other young males, Gun and Kent carried out a fast moving series of robberies and assaults using a stolen Mazda, machetes and baseball bats.
The first night began in Tarneit around 7:40 pm on 26 July 2023. Two men walking home from a Sikh temple were chased down at the corner of Frances Browne Way and Saint Lukes Road. Gun produced a baseball bat; Kent produced a machete. One victim’s phone was taken amid shouted demands for his password; when he refused, he was struck to the leg and head with the bat while the machete was brandished at close quarters, causing cuts to his hands as he tried to ward it off. Attention then turned to the second victim, who surrendered his phone, earbuds and watch under threats of stabbing and further blows. When he balked at providing banking credentials, he was slapped and struck in the knee.
Roughly ten minutes later, a single pedestrian was surrounded after both offenders and a third male spilled from a dark sedan, again armed with a machete and bats. The victim handed over two phones but was held, menaced with the machete and repeatedly struck to the legs, body and face when he faltered over his passcodes. Passing motorists slowed but drove on as the group waved weapons and yelled; the victim’s lip was cut, his ear and leg were sore, and his hand was injured.
Minutes after that, the pair entered a McDonald’s in balaclavas. Kent carried a baseball bat. Fixating on a young man at a self checkout, they demanded to know if he was a rival “Niner,” insisted he show his Instagram to prove it, and when he resisted a demand to “run your ones,” Kent struck him in the face with the bat. They left briefly to a dark Mazda 6 – later identified as stolen – then returned, grabbed the victim by the collar, threw him into the counter and, with a third male, punched, kicked and struck him with the bat while his companion screamed. As they left, one raised the bat toward her, telling her to “shut up.”
The following afternoon, 27 July 2023, the group expanded. Around 5:00 pm at The Parade in Caroline Springs, a Mazda sedan disgorged about six masked teens armed with machetes and bats. They chased down a couple riding an e scooter toward the Leisure Centre, pulling the female from the scooter by her jacket or hair and surrounding the male. Demands for his scooter and phones were punctuated by blows with a bat to his knee and head and repeated insistence that he unlock his device and provide iCloud credentials. The offenders tried, and failed, to force the scooter into the Mazda before abandoning it at the kerb.
An hour later, three boys—aged 13, 15 and 16—were set upon at the Baden Powell Reserve basketball courts in Tarneit during a sixteenth birthday game. Gun, Kent and others arrived in a dark sedan, hooded and armed. They demanded phones; a bystander who queried them was told to keep walking or be hurt. The 15 year old was struck repeatedly to the head and body, corralled, forced to retrieve his phone and open it while being hit, and stabbed in the buttock by a laughing assailant. The 16 year old had his phone smashed and shoes taken; when he tried to help his friend, he was chased down, hit in the back of the head with a metal object and, while on the ground, punched, kicked and stabbed multiple times. His injuries were grave: three stab wounds to the buttocks, a stab wound to the chest wall, three scalp lacerations—one to the bone with underlying skull injury—and catastrophic hand trauma amounting to an almost amputation of his left little finger with severed tendons, nerves and vessels, plus fractures requiring surgical repair and hardware. CCTV captured screams and calls to “stab him.” Blood pooled across the court and play area as police arrived; two victims lay on the ground awaiting treatment.
Around 7:00 pm that evening at Hungry Jack’s in Manor Lakes, Gun and Kent, masked and with three others, surrounded two 15 year olds at a table near the entrance. With one boy held down and told not to move or be hurt, both surrendered their phones, and Gun forced one to log out of iCloud before taking it. When a mother entered to collect her son, she was shoved from the premises after being told, “what do you think, I’m robbing him.” The group left in the stolen Mazda.
Police recovered the Mazda the next day in Fraser Rise; Kent’s fingerprints were inside. On 31 July 2023, a search warrant at the Weir Views address where both were staying yielded balaclavas, victim property, and cannabis (37 grams each). A parcel addressed to Gun arrived mid search containing a purchased “Z Hunter” machete. Both were arrested. The court characterised the overall spree as a cowardly rampage targeting vulnerable members of the public.
Sam Kent received a total effective sentence of 4 years and 3 months’ imprisonment, with a non parole period of 2 years and 4 months. A $500 fine was imposed for possession of a drug of dependence.
Lucus Gun received a total effective sentence of 3 years and 9 months’ imprisonment, with a non parole period of 2 years. He was fined $500 for possession of a drug of dependence.
Alleged Incident
The offender was a 28 year-old Indigenous Latrobe Valley man and father of three (expecting a fourth) who lived in Newborough with his partner. He had previously worked in abattoirs, at SPC, on a poultry farm and as a casual plasterer.
On 1 February 2023, police raided his home and located:
Officers also found numerous stolen car parts, stolen registration plates and around $39k in cash. Later that day, police searched a Yarragon storage unit the man rented and found a black Holden ClubSport sedan wearing plates from a vehicle stolen in Box Hill North in January 2023. He claimed he purchased the vehicles online for $2k–$3k each and refused to provide his phone PIN. He was charged and released on bail.
Police returned on 1 March 2023 while he was still on bail. They discovered:
They also seized a wallet containing $1.2k in cash and 14 grams of methylamphetamine. He again claimed to have bought the vehicles, said the cash came from mowing lawns and refused to unlock his phone.
Nine stolen vehicles were linked to him. Insurance payouts on eight totalled $217,997.48. The ninth—an uninsured collectors’ car—had been earmarked for sale to support a victim’s autistic son, but was recovered as a stripped shell. He was again bailed yet arrested on 5 June 2024 for further alleged handling offending.
He pleaded guilty in the County Koori Court to ten indictable charges of handling stolen goods and possessing a drug of dependence, plus four summary charges including committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. On 10 October 2024, he received a 3 year and 4 month sentence with a 2 year and 1 month non-parole period. The judge described his conduct as a professional, well-organised rebirthing enterprise but noted his efforts to reconnect with his Aboriginal heritage as a positive rehabilitation step. His prior record featured burglary, theft, criminal damage and recklessly causing injury convictions.
Alleged Incident
Around 4pm on a Saturday afternoon, police radar detected a 2003 Holden Commodore ute with fake plates doing 122kph in an 80kph zone in Kyneton. It was driven by a 39 year-old man who was unlicensed, and under the influence of both methylamphetamine (ice) and amphetamine, to the extent that he was incapable of having proper control over his vehicle. When police operated their emergency lights, he sped away, ultimately crashing into a Ford Territory driven by Colin McKimmie with his wife, Wendy McKimmie, each aged 75. They were on the way to walk their dog by the river.
Colin suffered horrific injuries, including fractured pelvis, ribs and scapula. He underwent a number of surgical operations, but was ultimately diagnosed with brain injury, developed various other conditions (including pneumonia, seizures and deep vein thrombosis), and died some seven weeks after the collision. Wendy also suffered a fractured rib, but survived.
The driver pleaded guilty in the County Court to culpable driving causing death, recklessly causing injury, possessing a drug of dependence, and other summary offences. He was sentenced to 11 years and 6 months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 7 years and 6 months.
He was on bail at the time of the collision, for various charges, including recklessly causing serious injury, failing to answer bail, contravening a family violence final intervention order (in favour of his mother), possessing cannabis, and possessing an imitation firearm. He also had a very young child.
The driver challenged his sentence, claiming it was “manifestly excessive”, but this application was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Alleged Incident
A woman and a man forced their way into the home of Anthony Prieto, where his girlfriend, Tayla Morgan-Carr, was also present. The woman was armed with a fire extinguisher, and the man with a knife. Various threats were made to both Mr Prieto and Ms Morgan-Carr. The man punched Mr Prieto. At one point, the woman said to her accomplice "Give me the knife I'll stab him."
The woman was out on bail at the time of this incident.
She pleaded guilty in the County Court to the following charges:
The woman was ultimately sentenced to 2 years and 1 month imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 1 year and 2 months.
Alleged Incident
The offender was granted bail on 09 February 2021 for a number of dishonesty offences.
Less than a month later, on the night of 03 March 2021, he broke into a car in Jacana, stole a wallet, and attempted to use a card from the wallet at a service station; the card was declined.
At 5am on the same night, the offender - affected by amphetamine and alcohol - climbed a locked gate to enter a residential backyard, wearing a Nike cap and a face mask. He stole a pair of underwear from the clothesline, and pocketed them. He entered the house intending to steal, and interacted with the household's "super friendly" dog. In the lounge room, he found a woman asleep on the couch, wearing only a light robe. He twice touched or stroked her lower buttock or thigh area. When she stirred, he ran away. The woman chased him into the street, where he returned the underwear and introduced himself.
When the police later searched him, he was carrying a knife.
In interview, he said he felt “aroused” when stealing, describing an adrenaline‑seeking pattern linked to drug use that had “replaced” the thrills he had previously obtained from skateboarding and surfing.
The man already had a significant criminal history, including for theft, drug offences, burglary and sexual assault.
Alleged Incident
A 26 year-old Langwarrin man, carpenter Cameron Smith, was out for a dinner with a girlfriend, Natasha Stroumos, when they were approached by a group of people who abused and intimidated her. He came to her defence, and was stabbed in the heart and killed with a broken bottle. He was kicked by his attackers as he lay bleeding on the ground.