Posts in Category: Police and crime
All is well on police front line
DOMINATING Mansfield Police activity over the past week has been the evacuation of camping grounds and higher bush retreats due to bushfires sweeping across the…
A little less safe
MANSFIELD has reported a rise in the overall crime rate, but is still one of the safest in the North East with just 338 criminal…
Safer than ever
MANSFIELD is the second safest shire in the North East, with just 330 criminal incidents reported in the last 12 months. The Crime Statistics Agency…
1000 people caught speeding in Mansfield
MANSFIELD’S police have had a busy winter period, which was evident at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday last week. Many tourists had made the trip…
Police road blitz nabs speedsters
MANSFIELD Highway Patrol officers were out ‘in force’ recently in an annual operation called “Early Bird” involving the helicopter detection team as well. Officer in…
Intervention order breach results in fine
ON April 10, a woman appeared at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court, after breaching an intervention order on multiple occasions. The order was placed by her now…
Crime down 30 per cent
THE overall crime rate in Mansfield has dropped by more than 30 per cent in the last 12 months ‑ the lowest levels seen in…
Woman was stealing cash for illicit drugs
A LOCAL woman was charged with theft recently, after appearing at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court. She was caught on CCTV taking sums of money (up to…
Vandals costing shire
MANSFIELD police are looking for witnesses or information after vandals attacked various spots in town recently. Between 8pm on September 17 and 6am on September…
Mansfield crime on the decline
THE crime rate in Mansfield has dropped by almost four per cent over the last year, according to figures from the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA)….
Illegal tobacco war continues at home
JUST a month after Mansfield police raided a shop on Erril Street, seizing over 27kg of tobacco and more than 20,000 illegal cigarettes, the same…
Teenage tragedy
A BOY has tragically drowned, unable to be revived after he was pulled from the waters of Lake Eildon over the long weekend.
