Tag: Burglary
Court jails Wimmera vandal
A Warracknabeal man has been sentenced to jail over a series of vandalism attacks and a theft in the Wimmera.[MORE]
Motorcycles stolen during Lennox Head rally
Police say six bike thefts marred an otherwise peaceful and successful motorbike rally in Lennox Head at the weekend.[MORE]
Police charge bagsnatch victim with drug offences
A 25-year-old Leederville man has been charged with drug and fraud offences after police were called when he was robbed in Burswood overnight.[MORE]
Three charged over bottle shop robbery
Police have arrested two men and a youth over a robbery yesterday at a liquor store on Tapleys Hill Road at Royal Park in Adelaide.[MORE]
Quad bike stolen in motorcycle club ram-raid
Darwin police say thieves ram-raided a Northern Territory motorcycle club in Darwin early this morning.[MORE]
Passenger takes off with cabbie's taxi
An Adelaide taxi driver has had his cab stolen by a passenger. [MORE]
Vic police charge alleged knife assailant
A man has been charged after three children were threatened with kitchen knives during a burglary at Cobram, in northern Victoria. [MORE]
Man arrested over copper theft
Police have arrested and charged a 44-year-old man for stealing 600 kilograms of industrial copper from a metal plant at Unanderra.[MORE]
Pair arrested over $270k warehouse robberies
A man and woman have been arrested in Sydney over the theft of thousands of dollars of property from warehouses.[MORE]
Thieves target farm fertiliser
Police are investigating the theft of fertiliser from a north-west Victorian almond farm.[MORE]
Taxi driver assaulted, robbed
Police are looking for two men who attacked and robbed a taxi driver last night.[MORE]
Centre wants security boost after reptiles killed
An Alice Springs business owner says he is frustrated nothing has been done to improve safety on Crown land behind his premises.[MORE]
Wire thieves escape with their loot and lives
Queensland police are investigating the theft of potentially dangerous live copper wire from a street in Brisbane's south.[MORE]
Burns links liquor theft spike to federal intervention
Northern Territory Justice Minister Chris Burns said he believes there is a link between an increase in theft from licensed premises and the federal intervention.[MORE]
Brothers charged with criminal trespass
Police have charged two Naracoorte brothers with five counts of serious of criminal trespass.[MORE]
Police probe Bairnsdale home invasion
Police are investigating an aggravated burglary in Bairnsdale last night.[MORE]
Man attacked with metal bars
A 62-year-old man has been attacked with metal bars in his home at Bairnsdale, in East Gippsland, overnight.[MORE]
Health centre thieves looking for drugs: police
Police say thieves who ransacked the Tintinara Health Centre on the weekend appear to have been looking for drugs.[MORE]
Police hunt car thief after high-speed chase
Police are looking for a man who knocked an 80-year-old man to the ground at Buddina and stole his car, before leading police on a high-speed pursuit along the Bruce Highway.[MORE]
Police probe spate of break-and-enters
Police believe the same group of men is responsible for a series of break-and-enters in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region overnight.[MORE]
Man injured in home invasion
A man has minor cuts and bruises after trying to stop an intruder who broke into his home in Brisbane's western suburbs.[MORE]
Stolen Renoir nude found after 33 years
Italian police have recovered stolen oil painting of a naked woman by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir, nabbed from a private collection 33 years ago.[MORE]
Policeman charged over money theft
A southern Queensland police officer has been charged over the theft of money from his station on the Darling Downs.[MORE]
Police on the spot to make stealing arrests
Queensland police have cracked what they say is a large crime racket on the Gold Coast.[MORE]
Thieves target earthmoving firm's diesel
The owner of a Sunshine Coast earthmoving company says thieves are increasingly stealing fuel from his business as the cost of diesel rises.[MORE]