Road rage outside prestigious school snares top cop in corruption probe

Road rage outside prestigious school snares top cop in corruption probe

Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson was involved in a verbal altercation with a Haileybury college parent when he got stuck in school pick-up traffic.

  • byChip Le Grand

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As it happened:One child killed,four others injured after car crashes into school in Melbourne’s east

As it happened:One child killed,four others injured after car crashes into school in Melbourne’s east

Early reports indicate a driver has had a medical episode and crashed their vehicle through Auburn South Primary School’s fence and into an outdoor table.

  • byAlex Crowe andCassandra Morgan
‘I’m lucky he’s a bad shot’:Man sues police after being shot at from point-blank range
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‘I’m lucky he’s a bad shot’:Man sues police after being shot at from point-blank range

Peter Lowe refused to get out of his car at a service station before a police officer shot at him from within a metre. The bullet narrowly missed,and Lowe is now suing the state.

  • byCameron Houston
‘Something needs to happen now’:Call for action after Geelong man killed in stabbing

‘Something needs to happen now’:Call for action after Geelong man killed in stabbing

Locals have called for action about violence in Geelong’s Little Malop Street after a Corio man died after a stabbing on Sunday.

  • byRoy Ward
‘A talented leader,mentor’:Young pharmacist found dead in Bellfield home

‘A talented leader,mentor’:Young pharmacist found dead in Bellfield home

Popular pharmacist Kum Chuan Leong was found dead in his Bellfield townhouse on Wednesday. A 54-year-old has been charged with his murder.

  • byLachlan Abbott andErin Pearson
Neo-Nazis pepper-sprayed after attempting to disrupt refugee rally

Neo-Nazis pepper-sprayed after attempting to disrupt refugee rally

Police dispersed a balaclava-clad group near a refugee encampment on Tuesday night,sending them running as demonstrators cheered.

  • byCassandra Morgan
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Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different,but the aim is the same
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Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different,but the aim is the same

Gangsters,massive protests,drug busts and police corruption have been around as long as The Age. Here’s a look back at Melbourne’s underbelly decades before the Underbelly war.

  • byJohn Silvester
Tales of the sting:The traps cops set to nab their targets
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Tales of the sting:The traps cops set to nab their targets

From bugging the collar of a crim’s little pooch to dressing up as shrubbery,there have been some ingenious and outlandish sting operations.

  • byJohn Silvester
Three-year-old child fighting for life after crash at ‘dangerous intersection’

Three-year-old child fighting for life after crash at ‘dangerous intersection’

Emergency crews were called to a major arterial in Endeavour Hills after reports a child had been hit by a car.

  • byGemma Grant
Lower speed limits coming,but ‘unsafe’ mobile cameras in the gun

Lower speed limits coming,but ‘unsafe’ mobile cameras in the gun

Victoria’s Road Safety Camera Commissioner has urged a review of 22 mobile camera spots that attracted a barrage of complaints from motorists,as he told drivers to expect lower speed limits over the next few years.

  • byKieran Rooney
Police sergeant suspended over alleged Nazi salute at academy
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Police sergeant suspended over alleged Nazi salute at academy

A 65-year-old Victorian police sergeant who was suspended over allegations she performed a Nazi salute on two occasions while on duty has been identified.

  • byGemma Grant,Melissa Cunningham andCameron Houston