Crime
Man charged over theft of Oarsome Foursome Olympic medals
Police are still searching for the three gold medals and one silver allegedly stolen from an Olympic hero’s car.
- by Hannah Kennelly and Cassandra Morgan
Latest
Indigenous leader Geoff Clark facing jail time for years-long community theft, fraud
Clark could be jailed after being found guilty of stealing more than $1 million from Indigenous community organisations to pay off ballooning personal debt.
- by Erin Pearson
‘Tried to wake her up’: Four-year-old boy left to find his murdered great-grandmother
Paul Cohrs, a former deputy mayor in a rural shire, gunned down his elderly mother in her home in 2018. He left his four-year-old grandson to find her body.
- by Tara Cosoleto
First man accused of performing Nazi salute in Victoria fights charge
Jacob Hersant, 25, is accused of performing the salute in public six days after it became a criminal offence in the state.
- by Tara Cosoleto
Criminal case against souvlaki and crypto king Sam Karagiozis collapses
Sam Karagiozis, who made millions from trading cryptocurrency and founding a souvlaki restaurant chain, has gone free from court after drug trafficking charges were dropped.
- by Chris Vedelago
Police post $1m reward over ‘targeted’ underworld hit on notorious bikie
More than a year after Mohammed Keshtiar – known as Afghan Ali – was gunned down in Melbourne off Chapel Street, police have put up a $1 million reward leading them to his killers.
- by Chris Vedelago and Cassandra Morgan
Analysis
Naked City
From bungled drug drops to deep-sea mysteries, water policing is getting busier
Outlaw motorcycle gangs and Middle Eastern syndicates, many with a background in car theft and re-birthing, are moving into the marine world.
- by John Silvester
‘Grimm Reaper of Melbourne stockbroking’ jailed for losing victims’ life savings
Bradley Grimm will serve at least nine months behind bars for dishonestly transferring his vulnerable client’s retirement money into the bank accounts of private companies he owned.
- by Sarah Danckert and Erin Pearson
Anti-vaxxer bludgeoned wife to death with metal car ramp amid COVID tensions
Joe Lo Bianco lay in wait for his scientist wife, Kaliopi Roumeliotis, to get home from work – then murdered her in their garage. He left her body to be discovered by their primary-school-aged daughter.
- by Erin Pearson
Christian college teacher who sexually abused school girls could walk free in three years
Former PE teacher Steven Mellody has been sentenced to prison over the sexual abuse of two students at a Christian college in Melbourne’s east.
- by Cameron Houston
Former OPP solicitor denied bail as fresh drug dealing allegations aired in court
Melbourne barrister Anthony Grant is being investigated over allegations he sold drugs at Crown Casino days before his arrest last month.
- by Erin Pearson