Saturday, April 27, 2024

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Police round-up

Overnight Sunday, April 14, offenders forced entry to a home in Kokoda Court, Robinvale. They took car keys from a table and stole a silver Hyundai Santa Fe as well as items from another vehicle at the address. The...

26 Apr 2024
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Firearms raid detects potential bomb

BOMB response unit officers have been called to a bomb-scare at a Kerang property after police conducting a search discovered a package they believed could contain “highly volatile explosives”.Local police said...

24 Apr 2024
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Police round-up

Police round up: Firearms theft, Motocycle theft, Attempted burglary, Drug possession, Searches find drugs

20 Apr 2024
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‘Court process to play out’: AFL

THE AFL will decide if former footballer and Swan Hill resident Carl Ditterich will be stripped of hall-of-fame status after he was charged with historic child sexual abuse last Friday. The 78-year-old Moama resident has been charged with three...

18 Apr 2024
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Age no barrier for Swan Hill police officer

VICTORIA Police officers sign up for the job at many stages of their lives, for Constable Kalon Wilkins the decision came in his late 30s when he decided his work was no longer engaging. At the end of February...

18 Apr 2024
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Police Beat

Police Beat: Sedan stolen, Blower burglary, False report, Toilets graffitied, Bag stolen

13 Apr 2024
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Police recruit leaves the office behind

VICTORIA Police officers join the force for many reasons. For Swan Hill Constable Anna de Geus, her career is one way that she likes to give back to her new home. After making the move from southern Brazil to Perth in 2007, Constable...

09 Apr 2024
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Police seek man over assault

POLICE are appealing for public assistance to help locate Zachery Lawson. The 32-year-old is wanted on warrant in relation to an assault matter. Lawson is of Aboriginal appearance and is described as about 171cm tall with a medium build. He is known to...

09 Apr 2024
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Man, 74, dies in tractor tragedy

POLICE are investigating the death of a 74-year-old man at a farm in Woorinen South on Thursday afternoon. A report for the coroner is being prepared by police as they examine the exact circumstances of the incident. It’s understood the man was...

08 Apr 2024
Police and Courts

Kerang ute driver detected 80km/h over limit

A KERANG man has been charged with a string of driving offences after being stopped three times by police in four days in NSW. Police said the 25-year-old was detected driving a ute at 180km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Riverina Highway...

06 Apr 2024
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Police ‘happy’ but still room to improve

SWAN Hill police said they were “happy” with the behaviour of drivers across the region during the Easter road blitz, despite issuing dozens of speeding infringements. Swan Hill highway patrol officer-in-charge Sergeant Zac Bull said this was...

04 Apr 2024
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Former Swan Hill man believed dead

QUEENSLAND police have located what’s believed to be the body of a former Swan Hill man after he was reported missing on March 25 in Normanton, Far North Queensland. A search was launched for 33-year-old Dylan Leschke after a vehicle belonging to the...

04 Apr 2024
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Police beat

Police beat: Haystack fire, Golf clubs stolen, Pen taken, Molotov cocktail, Dugs, weapon seized, Toilets damaged, Court date

29 Mar 2024
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Crime on the climb

SWAN Hill recorded a small increase in criminal incidents last year, according to the Crime Statistics Agency’s 2023 report. A 1 per cent increase in total criminal incidents across the municipality headlines the statistics, which showed Swan Hill...

28 Mar 2024
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Teacher pleads guilty to historic sex assault

A FORMER Murraydale tertiary teacher has avoided jail for indecently assaulting an intellectually disabled child almost 20 years ago. John Hopkins, 64, pleaded guilty in the County Court in Bendigo to the historic indecent assault committed in 2005...

28 Mar 2024
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Police launch Easter blitz

SWAN Hill police have warned drivers they will be out in force to reduce road trauma in what is historically a danger period in the Mallee. Drugs and alcohol will be a focus for police across the Easter long weekend as they mount a statewide...

28 Mar 2024
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Thief’s $4000 raid

A SWAN Hill business owner says he will reconsider future donations to charity after his store became the latest to be targeted by thieves. On Sunday at 10.30pm, an offender smashed the front door of Syd Wilson Auto Electrics in Campbell Street and...

27 Mar 2024