A teenager who has been “causing terror” has been released on bail again, despite having previously had close to 400 charges dropped because of his young age, sparking outrage over the state government’s handling of Victoria’s youth crime wave. Speaking on 3AW on Friday morning, radio host Mark Allen slammedContinue Reading
About 55,000 cars have been stolen from Australian homes in the past year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It is an upward trend that has been occurring since 2020, along with the number of young people involved in home break-ins and motor vehicle theft. ABS head of crimeContinue Reading
The NSW Attorney-General has conceded there’s “no easy fix” on addressing the causes of the youth crime wave largely engulfing regional communities. Michael Daley faced a grilling over increased rates of youth crime, especially in regional and rural communities, with NSW Premier Chris Minns convening a working group to targetContinue Reading
Four teenagers have been charged over a number of incidents linked to two alleged arson attacks and aggravated thefts in Melbourne. Victoria Police’s gang crime squad executed search warrants at three homes in Springvale, Mulgrave and Pakenham about 7am on Monday. Two boys and two girls were arrested and chargedContinue Reading
Melbourne has been hit with a spate of stabbings in the inner-city, leaving a woman fighting for life and three others injured. A 31-year-old Melton man is alleged to have carried out three “random” attacks in a period of three hours around St Kilda, in the city’s south east. AContinue Reading
A teenager has been charged over a string of alleged break-ins and car thefts across Sydney, with footage capturing the alleged moment a motorbike showroom was raided. The first incident took place at a Kedron St home in Glenbrook, in the lower Blue Mountains region about 10pm on November 4,Continue Reading
Police are investigating more than a dozen home break-ins and car thefts they believe may be linked to the alleged violent assault of an esteemed doctor in Adelaide. Officers were called to Dr Michael Yung’s $2 million home on James Street in Gilberton about 4.20am on Monday after reports heContinue Reading
Devilish criminals have been clocked committing an unlikely crime every 11 minutes in Australia. More than six times an hour, a car is stolen. It’s a crime committed almost 40,000 times nationally every year and comes at an enormous cost to road users. The worst offenders were in Queensland, whereContinue Reading
The first time Shane Cuthbert met Pat O’Shane, she was a prominent Sydney magistrate and he was a 19-year-old man charged with a serious crime and facing jail time. Almost 15 years later, the pair crossed paths again – not in a courtroom this time, but at a meeting toContinue Reading
It is one thing to be caught for a crime by documenting it on your phone, or posting about it on social media; but it’s another thing for police to then turn those boastful posts into a meme mocking your downfall. This is the harsh comedown for one English manContinue Reading