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Police investigate Maryborough stabbing

A 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged following an alleged stabbing incident at a petrol station in Maryborough on Sunday. It’s understood the man approached a woman at the EG Ampol (formerly Woolworths) service station in Tuaggra Street...

Riley Upton
23 Apr 2024
Police

Possible stabbing in Carisbrook under investigation

Investigations are underway after a man was severely injured in what is believed to be a stabbing incident in Carisbrook last week. The man was found injured with potential stab wounds in the town’s Green Street on February 7, just after 7 pm...

Maryborough Advertiser
13 Feb 2024
Community

Machete controls tightened

The Victorian Government will tighten regulations on controlled weapons, with an amendment to existing laws making it easier for police to crackdown on organised crime. Introduced into Parliament on Wednesday, the Firearms and Control of Weapons...

Maryborough Advertiser
09 Feb 2024
Breaking

Local properties raided, cannabis worth $11 million seized

Authorities have seized over 1.4 tonnes of cannabis, worth about $11 million from multiple properties in regional Victoria, including one address in Maryborough and another in Dunluce. Detectives from the Major Drug Squad have arrested eight people...

Maryborough Advertiser
01 Dec 2023
Police

Slight decline in crime rate in Central Goldfields Shire

The Central Goldfields Shire’s crime rate has dropped for the year ending June, while property and deception offences like theft remain the most common types of offending for the area. According to the latest data from the Crime Statistics Agency...

Riley Upton
10 Oct 2023
Court

Man fined over chopper landing

A man has been fined $500 for landing a helicopter at the Avoca Primary School — with the pilot’s defence counsel describing his actions as “foolish”. Fronting the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court last week, the man received a diversion for the...

Maryborough Advertiser
26 Sep 2023
Court

Maryborough woman convicted, loses licence over driving offences

A 51-year-old Maryborough woman has lost her licence and been fined $1000 after she was caught speeding, drink and drug driving in the region. Dianne Campion fronted the Maryborough Magistrates’ Court last week where she pleaded guilty to a number...

Maryborough Advertiser
15 Aug 2023
Court

Magistrate gives jail time warning to unlicensed driver

38-year-old Maryborough man has been warned he could serve time behind bars after he was caught driving unlicensed in May, offending which saw him imprisoned in 2015. The accused fronted the Maryborough Magistrates’ Court last week where he...

Maryborough Advertiser
01 Aug 2023
Council

Former local massage therapist pleads not guilty

A former Maryborough massage therapist has indicated he will plead not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault. Michael Allwood is facing eight charges of unwanted touching and penetration which allegedly occurred between January and June last...

Maryborough Advertiser
14 Jul 2023
Police

Bowenvale man arrested following alleged crime spree

A 27-year-old Bowenvale man has been arrested and charged following an alleged crime spree across western Victoria. Detectives from the Western Region Crime Squad believe the crime spree occurred over the last three weeks in locations including...

Maryborough Advertiser
11 Jul 2023
Community

Crime stats show positive signs locally

Criminal incidents are at a 10-year low in the Central Gold-fields Shire, as the latest crime statistics reveal that breaches of family violence orders again topped the list for most common offending. Released last week, data from the Crime...

Riley Upton
20 Jun 2023
Community

Call for information after two drivers evade police

Police are investigating two incidents where drivers evaded police attempts to intercept them on the weekend, posing a “significant” risk to other road users. Both incidents occurred on Saturday, June 3 in Maryborough — with the first a white...

Riley Upton
09 Jun 2023
Court

Woman faces court for driving on suspended licence

A Melbourne woman has been placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond after she was caught driving to a Maryborough chemist on a suspended licence. The woman, who was residing in Dunolly at the time of the offending, fronted the Maryborough...

Maryborough Advertiser
16 May 2023
Court

Former local taxi driver convicted over CCO breach

Former Maryborough taxi driver Ian Sewell has been convicted and fined $800 for breaching a Community Corrections Order (CCO), which he was placed on last year after pleading guilty to multiple sexual assault charges. A taxi driver for almost 30...

Maryborough Advertiser
12 May 2023
Court

Man convicted and fined over ecstasy and taser

A drug bust in Maryborough that uncovered ecstasy and a taser has seen a man convicted and fined $750. It was heard in the Maryborough Magistrates’ Court last week that on March 13 at around 6.30 am a search warrant was executed at Stephen...

Maryborough Advertiser
18 Apr 2023
Police

Reported crime stays low post-pandemic, statistics show

While criminal offences in the Central Goldfields Shire rose eight percent last year, reported offending remains significantly lower than pre-pandemic levels — a trend seen across the region. Crime Statistics Agency data for 2022 was released...

Riley Upton
31 Mar 2023
Police

Police seize over 2000 cannabis plants

Police are investigating after more than 2000 cannabis plants were seized from a property in Landsborough last week. Ballarat Divisional Response Unit detectives executed a search warrant at a property on Leslies Lane, Landsborough last Tuesday...

Maryborough Advertiser
21 Mar 2023
Court

Former Avoca doctor receives jail sentence for sexually assaulting patients

A former doctor from Tristar Medical Group has been jailed and will never practice medicine again, pleading guilty to multiple sexual assaults while working as a GP in Avoca. Martin Lee was sentenced at the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday...

Maryborough Advertiser
03 Mar 2023
Court

Good behavior bond for woman caught on suspended licence

A woman caught driving while suspended has been placed on a 12 month good behaviour bond. The woman fronted the Maryborough Magistrates Court earlier this month charged with driving while suspended and failing to notify VicRoads of a change of...

Maryborough Advertiser
24 Feb 2023