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Arson spree probed
By CASEY NEILL AND CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS POLICE are yet to lay charges over an arson spree in Springvale last Monday night. Greater Dandenong CIU Acting…
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Woman escapes in pre-dawn drama
A WOMAN narrowly escaped from two men who cornered and threatened her at Sandown Park railway station on 12 February. Greater Dandenong CIU detectives are…
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Home fire accident
ARSON chemists have deemed the Potter Street fire that killed a Dandenong toddler on 7 February non-suspicious. The three-year-old boy’s mother told police she’d locked…
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Tabs on pokies
GREATER Dandenong may be set to roll the dice on a “strengthened” gambling policy against extra poker machines in the municipality. Councillors will vote on…
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Cooling off a community
GREATER Dandenong cool rooms could automatically open at a trigger temperature in the future. A heatwave in January prompted City of Greater Dandenong to activate…
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Abalone poacher
A NOBLE Park man has narrowly escaped jail over an illegal abalone haul. Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court heard Fisheries Victoria officers saw the 43-year-old emerging from…
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Charges after stabbing
By CASEY NEILL POLICE are appealing for witnesses in a recent road-rage knife attack in Dandenong after charging a 22-year-old Cranbourne man. Greater Dandenong CIU…
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Robbed in street
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in Foster Street, Dandenong. A Dandenong man, 24, was walking home across the road from Dandenong Railway…
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There’s no better twilight friend than a melodious thrush
For some time over summer, husband Don and I have been privileged at twilight to be serenaded by a melodious feathered songster which perches in…
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Imitation firearm charges
A SPRINGVALE teen had a memorable Valentine’s Day for all the wrong reasons. Police received reports of a man waving around a handgun on Parkmore…
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Mortgage broker’s credit licence suspended
A DANDENONG-BASED mortgage broker will be out of the industry for five years following concerns about his conduct. Parmjit Singh agreed to cancel his Australian…
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Fined for cosmetic theft
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN has been ordered to pay back more than $2000 to a Keysborough supermarket after going on a cosmetics stealing spree.…
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