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Crime
Reward offered for help to solve drive-by shootings outside bikie clubhouse
A $250,000 reward is being offered for information on an incident outside a bikie clubhouse that involved shots fired at an unmarked police car.
- by Jackson Graham and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Focus on Islamist extremism linked to neo-Nazi rise, as 10-year-old kids radicalised
A Victorian parliamentary inquiry has heard that the “myopic” focus of Australian authorities since 9/11 had paved the way for right-wing nationalism to fester undetected.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Monique Ryan reports ‘threatening, racist misogynistic’ letters to police
“It is extremely disappointing that people are being targeted for exercising their democratic rights. These cowardly anonymous threats are very distressing for the people who receive them,” Kooyong MP Monique Ryan said.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Jackson Graham
Melbourne principal stood down over sexual offence charges
The principal of Catholic secondary school Loyola College has been stood down after being charged over alleged sexual offences.
- by Erin Pearson and Jackson Graham
Better monitoring needed of police body camera compliance: Auditor-General
A report has found that unless Victoria Police begins actively monitoring why body-worn cameras are not being activated in some cases, there would be missed opportunities in improving public safety.
- by Erin Pearson
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Crime
Woman released by police after boy, 3, killed in hit-and-run
A 73-year-old woman who handed herself in to police following a hit-run collision that killed a young child in Melbourne’s west has been released.
- by Jackson Graham and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Missing person
Dandenong North woman found after vanishing while walking dog
Cara Morrissey, 30, was found after going missing near the Dandenong Creek.
- by Erin Pearson and Nell Geraets
‘Absolute agony’: Brighton cyclist left for dead by hit-and-run driver
Kevin Hall was on his morning ride just after 6am on Saturday when he was struck from behind. His son has addressed the driver, pleading with him to come forward.
- by Staff reporter
Grandson, 20, charged over grandmother Shirley Kidd’s death
Hayden Kidd appeared before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court late on Monday after his grandmother was found dead at a property near Bacchus Marsh on Saturday.
- by Erin Pearson
Man dies in custody after police use capsicum spray
A man has died in police custody after he was capsicum sprayed in a Murray River town on Sunday night.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Sergeant tells court he was pressured to write statement implicating colleague
The sergeant says a misconduct investigator pressured him to file a statement implicating a colleague over an assault on a member of the public.
- by David Estcourt