February 21st, 2024Arrests follow violent aggravated home invasions
Crime Squad detectives have arrested and charged four people following an aggravated burglary in Clunes, among a series of violent aggravated home invasions in the region.
Western Region Crime Squad detectives have arrested and charged the four following a series of violent aggravated home invasions in western Victoria this month.
As part of the investigation a man, teenager and a woman, were arrested by the Special Operations Group at a property in Sutton Street in Maryborough yesterday, Tuesday February 20 about 2.50pm.
A second woman handed herself into a local police station later in the day.
When the woman was arrested, she handed over the keys to the car she arrived in – an allegedly stolen 2015 Mercedes SK35, believed to have been stolen in an aggravated burglary in Kennington earlier this month.
The arrests follow an extensive investigation following four aggravated home invasions at properties in:
• Green Street Carisbrook on 7 February
• Poplar Street Golden Square on 9 February
• Vale Street, Sebastopol on 10 February, and
• Smeaton Road in Clunes on 19 February.
A subsequent search of the Maryborough property, under firearm prohibition order provisions, uncovered a .223 bold action rifle with scope, alleged imitation Glock style handgun, a quantity of ammunition, stolen registration plates and an axe.
An allegedly stolen Kia Optima was also seized believed stolen from an aggravated burglary in Tootgarook this month.
A 34-year-old woman and 26-year-old man, both of no fixed address, have each been charged with four counts of aggravated home invasion, kidnapping and firearm offences.
A 26-year-old woman from Maryborough has been charged with three counts of aggravated burglary and the 17-year-old boy has been charged with one count of aggravated burglary.
The man and two women had all been remanded to appear before the Bendigo Magistrates’ Court today Wednesday, February 21. The teenager was to appear before a children’s court.
