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Driver jailed
By CASEY NEILL A TRUCK driver will spend up to five years in jail over a fatal Dandenong South train crash. Supreme Court of Victoria…
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Ice won’t melt away
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TALK to people on all sides of this – magistrates, police, drug counsellors – there is no quick thaw to the ice…
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When the chips are down
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THERE’S no escaping the starkest of facts. In Greater Dandenong – one of Melbourne’s most disadvantaged municipalities – each adult loses on…
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Hard luck for speeding hoons
THREE Noble Park men started the new year without their cars following holiday season hooning. Police impounded the vehicles under the state’s hoon legislation. They…
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Hunt after grass arson
AN arsonist lit a piece of paper and threw it into Noble Park grassland on a total fire ban day. A witness told police he…
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Knifeman raids bottle shop
A KNIFE-WIELDING man raided a Keysborough bottle shop on Friday 2 January. Police said he entered the 320 Cheltenham Road store about 7.15pm, walked straight…
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Arrow stabbing charges
A MAN stabbed an elderly family member with an arrow in Dandenong South last month, police allege, forcing it through his torso. Greater Dandenong CIU…
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Stole car and petrol
POLICE today (Friday) released images of a man they allege stole a car in Dandenong that he then used in a petrol drive-off. Greater Dandenong…
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Pirates in Keysborough
THREE thieves allegedly stole a boat and trailer from a Keysborough business park yesterday (Thursday). Greater Dandenong CIU detectives are appealing for witnesses to the…
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Missing man found
By CASEY NEILL POLICE have located missing Bangholme man Ryan Plumb. The 25-year-old was found in the city on Thursday afternoon. Investigators would like to…
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Concern for missing man
By CASEY NEILL POLICE are appealing for help to find a missing Bangholme man. Ryan Plumb, 25, left his Riverend Road home about 8.30pm on…
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Women charged over bus attack
TWO women have been charged following an alleged assault on a bus driver in Dandenong on 29 November. A 22-year-old woman has been charged with…