Tag: crime

Thefts take toll

Anotable surge in theft and anti-social behaviour is having a significant impact on Mount Gambier businesses and residents according to the State Liberal Opposition.
The...

Antisemitic outrage

Member for Barker Tony Pasin has expressed his outrage at an example of antisemitic behaviour at a beach in the Lower South East.
Over the...

Dodgy dough

Two people have been arrested after allegedly passing counterfeit notes in Mount Gambier.
About 10.30pm on Thursday, January 2 a local business on Penola Road...

Man jailed for string of charges

ASouth East man has been sentenced to more than four years imprisonment in the Mount Gambier District Court before Auxiliary Judge Gordon Barrett for...

All eyes on Neighbourhood Watch advocate after award

Neighbourhood Watch member Jan Criddle has been honoured for her tireless work improving community safety in Kingston South East.
Ms Criddle took out the Volunteer...

Men arrested for child exploitation material

Two Limestone Coast men have been charged with child sex offences following investigations in the region last week.
 Between Monday, November 25 and Tuesday, November...

Armed robbery investigation

SAPOL are investigating reports of an alleged armed robbery in Mount Gambier last week.
It is alleged that an armed man entered a car wash...

Thief on Magistrate’s naughty list

AMount Gambier father of three has been convicted for a Christmas crime that created waves last year.
Joshua Douglas Beck, 49, appeared in custody via...

Convicted rapist faces years behind bars

AMount Gambier man has been convicted and imprisoned for two counts of rape, assault with intent to commit rape and indecent assault.
John Kakule, 48,...

Firearm arrest in Millicent

Police have been investigating an incident that occurred earlier this month where a car deliberately crashed into another on Fifth Avenue at Millicent. Following an...

Repeat car thief jailed

AVictorian man was found guilty of stealing a car, driving without a licence and defacing the vehicle’s number plates in the Mount Gambier Magistrates...

Truckie among drivers facing magistrates court

Anumber of defendants faced the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court presided over by Magistrate Koula Kossiavelos last week for drink driving offences.
A 70- year-old Penola...

Court puts brakes on illegal drivers

Anumber of defendants charged with driving offences appeared in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court before Magistrate Koula Kossiavelos last week.
A Limestone Coast man appeared...

Mount Gambier police chase escape short-lived

A46-year-old Mount Gambier man was convicted in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court last week for driving dangerously to escape police and driving at a...

Beachport assault

Police were called to Railway Terrace, Beachport at 8.50am on Monday after reports of an assault. A 34-year-old woman from Beachport was reported for assault...