Police and Courts
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Jailed for sexual touching
A BALRANALD man has been jailed after sexual touching a woman in a Griffith supermarket. Anthony Allan Hadfield, 36, appeared via video link in Griffith…
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Police Beat
Drill thief nailed A DRILL and a charger were stolen from a Cutri Drive address in Swan Hill at about 2.20pm on September 21. A…
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Police briefs
Thieves evade tractor blockade A VEHICLE has been stolen from a Tresco property after the victim tried to block the thieves in the driveway with…
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Sam’s kids’ heartbreak. A gap in my heart, little April tells court
THE eldest daughter of slain former Swan Hill woman Samantha Fraser has told a Melbourne court she spent months “writing and crossing out words that…
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Police saturate roads
MALLEE road users are being urged to take care while travelling this long weekend, as the states launch their public holiday safety operations. Double demerit…
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Online predators targeting teens
POLICE are warning parents and teenagers about a “worrying” online extortion trend targeting young people. Investigators said that overseas offenders are increasingly preying on Australian…
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Weyrich to plead guilty to serious charge
MURRAY River councillor Thomas Weyrich has faced court charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The Greater Murray Ward councillor briefly appeared in the Moama…
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Thieves’ haul found
Thieves’ haul found POLICE believe fleeing thieves were disturbed after items were stolen from a building in Sea Lake were found nearby. In the early…
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Hoon convoy halted
Hoon convoy halted POLICE nabbed a convoy of three hoons following each other to the Robinvale area on Monday. The drivers were detected at 133km/h…
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Mallee’s top cops swap roles
AFTER five years of triumphs, unthinkable tragedies and coordinating unprecedented border closures, Western Region Mallee Superintendent Rebecca Olsen has handed over the baton. However Supt…










