Police and Courts
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Scams in the spotlight
SWAN Hill police are calling for residents to learn and avoid the risks of a range of scams targeting Australians during Scams Awareness Week. The…
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Grandfather jailed for ‘horrifying’ abuse
EXCLUSIVE A KERANG predator who sexually abused his granddaughter has been jailed for at least seven years. The elderly man, who can’t be named to…
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Victims ‘shaken’ after machete threats – police
A MAN faced Swan Hill Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday after an alleged crime spree across north-west Victoria that began in Swan Hill. The 21-year-old Swan…
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Hospital machete attack and four carjackings ends in arrest at Hopetoun
A MACHETE wielding man has sent Swan Hill Hospital into lockdown after allegedly committing multiple carjackings across the district before he was arrested at Hopetoun.…
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Fire hits public disabled toilet
A PUBLIC disabled toilet was set ablaze at Riverside Park in a weekend incident described as “beyond comprehension”. Swan Hill CFA were called to Monash…
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Online images: Police concerned about blackmail threats
SWAN Hill police say they are still seeing children, especially young teenagers, sharing intimate images of themselves with persons they have just met online. Once…
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Restraint a factor in man’s death, says coroner
A SWAN Hill man died after being put in a restraint position after a fight outside a Swan Hill nightclub five years ago, a Victorian…
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Banned from driving after injuring three
THE driver of a car that collided with the vehicle of a learner driver and their instructor in Werril Street last year has been banned…
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Cannabis haul intercepted
NEW South Wales Police have seized more than 45 kilograms of cannabis with an estimated value of more than $700,000 in over two separate vehicle…
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Arrests over Cohuna tobacco shop arson
DETECTIVES from Victoria Police’s Taskforce Lunar have arrested two men in relation to an arson attack on a Cohuna tobacconist earlier this month. Police last…
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