Friday 11 March 2016
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Guns, robbery, rape, bashings
Sic ‘em, Rex Toby the tyrannosaurus prepares to put the bite on Emily Pianto at Montpellier Primary School this week. The prehistoric character will roam Motor City Music Festival’s family day at Geelong Showgrounds on Sunday amid a host of other attractions and music for patrons of all ages. (Lindsay Kelley)
City’s crime spate By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A serious-crime wave over the past week has kept police busy in Geelong and the Surf Coast. Two armed robberies, a pair of shootings, a gang-bashing, two serious car accidents and a rape investigation have kept police on the run. Local area commander Inspector Graham Banks said some of the serious crimes this week were drug-related. “It’s just one of those situations where individuals are behaving poorly at the same time,� Insp Banks said. “But we certainly don’t need a week like this every week.� Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged a woman following an armed robbery at an NAB bank branch in Newcomb’s Bellarine Village Shopping Centre. A man aged 75 waiting in a queue detained the 29-year-old woman after she and a male accomplice armed with a shotgun entered the bank about 3pm on Wednesday. The man fled in a grey or light-coloured VN Holden Commodore sedan. Police charged the Geelong woman with armed robbery and firearm offences. She appeared in Geelong Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning. Continued page 5
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