Victoria Police

OFFICER HIT AND RUN BY STOLEN CAR AT BURVALE HOTEL

Posted on May 24th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Two men have been arrested after a stolen car was used to hit a senior police officer attempting to stop a getaway, in the carpark of the Burvale Hotel in Melbourne’s east. According to investigators, the men stole a white

KEGS BEING STOLEN ACROSS MELBOURNE

Posted on February 9th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Detectives in Victoria are investigating the theft of more 200 empty kegs from outside pubs in suburbs of inner-Melbourne. Opportunistic thieves have been swiping the empties throughout the past five months, and possibly longer. Each keg unit is valued at

ALH’S WESTMEADOWS TAVERN UNDER SIEGE

Posted on March 2nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Westmeadows Tavern saw squads of heavily-armed tactical police swarm the site in the early hours this morning, as two armed bandits were believed to be inside. Police were called to the ALH pub in northern Melbourne around 5am, receiving

PUB CARPARK MURDERS

Posted on July 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Two men are being hunted and one has been arrested over two stabbing deaths in licensed venue carparks. Paul Rock. Image: Qld police Around 6pm on Monday night (1 July) an argument between three men took place in the carpark

POLICE SEEK GANG OVER BRAWL IN WERRIBEE PUB

Posted on June 22nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Police have appealed to the public in identifying five men wanted for questioning in relation to a brawl at ALH’s Commercial Hotel in Werribee on 9 June. Victoria Police report investigators were told a group of men entered the sports

MUGS WANTED OVER UNPROVOKED BASHING IN ASCOT VALE

Posted on January 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Victorian police are hunting for three men involved in a unprovoked and pathetic group bashing of another man within a Melbourne pub. CCTV (below) shows four or five men accosting 55-year-old grandfather Tony McDonald on the evening of Sunday, 13

KILLER OF TEEN IN PUB BRAWL SENTENCED

Posted on November 10th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The man who killed teenager Patrick Cronin with an unprovoked punch to the head during a brawl at the Windy Creek Hotel, has been tried and sentenced for manslaughter. A brawl at the pub in Diamond Creek in outer Melbourne

MEN ARRESTED FOR THREE-ON-ONE PUB BASHING

Posted on June 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Three men have been arrested and charged regarding a brutal assault in an east Melbourne pub on Saturday night. Victorian Police responded to calls around 8:30pm to a hotel in Doncaster, around 20 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD. The

VICTORIAN REGULATOR HOSTING LICENSEE KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

Posted on April 21st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Next month, the VCGLR is conducting The Knowledge Exchange, to further assist Victorian licensees with best-practise operation and complexities in regulation. The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) takes a proactive approach to working with operators of licensed

LIQUOR AUTHORITIES RESPOND TO LICENSEE SCRUTINY

Posted on August 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The VCGLR – in association with Melbourne Councils and Victoria Police – has released responses to the Q&A by dozens of impacted licensees at the inaugural Licensee Super Forum. The Licensee Super Forum (LSF) took place in May in Melbourne’s