11 January 2018 – Update – Arrests – Armed Robberies – Service Station/Jewellery Store – South Melbourne
Published January 12, 2018 | 
Police have arrested three men in relation to two armed robberies in the southern suburbs of Melbourne.
A 23-year-old Dandenong North man was arrested yesterday in relation to the following alleged incidents on Sunday 7 January:
– Aggravated burglary at a business address on Princes Highway near Power Road in Doveton about 6.45am
– Armed robbery at a service station near the intersection of Elizabeth Street and the South Gippsland Highway in Cranbourne North about 1.20pm
He was charged with a number of offences including aggravated burglary, prohibited person possess firearm, theft of motor vehicle, commit indictable offence whilst on bail and armed robbery.
The man was remanded to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 5 April.
A 23-year-old man from Hampton Park was arrested on 9 January in relation to the armed robbery and was released pending further enquiries.
Police also arrested a man yesterday following an alleged aggravated burglary at Brunel Street, Malvern which occurred between 12 and 15 May, 2017.
The 26-year-old Chadstone man is also assisting with enquiries in relation to an alleged jewellery store armed robbery in Malvern East on 18 May, 2017.
He has been released pending summons.
19 December 2017 – Armed Robbery – Jewellery Store – Southport
Published December 22, 2017 | UPDATE 4.50am 19/12 – the stolen vehicle has been located by police.
Police are investigating the overnight armed robbery of a jewellery business at Southport.
Around 10pm a man approached a male employee of the Minnie Street business with the employee believing the man was armed with a firearm.
The man stole cash and jewellery from the business before stealing the 41-year-old employee’s car and driving off.
The man is described as approximately 175cms tall with a New Zealand accent, and was wearing a black hooded jumper/jacket, black tracksuit pants and thongs.
The employee was not physically injured.
Anyone with any information in relation to this robbery, or the current whereabouts of the stolen vehicle is urged to contact police.
15 December 2017 – Armed Robbery – Jewellery Store – Chatswood
Published December 22, 2017 | Police are appealing for public assistance following an armed robbery at a jewellery store in Chatswood today.
About 10am (Friday 15 December 2017), police were called to Albert Street following reports a man had thrown a sledgehammer at a store’s window.
He stole jewellery and fled in a dark-coloured vehicle on Claude Street.
No one was injured.
Police from North Shore Local Area Command established a crime scene and are investigating.
Officers wish to speak with a man who may be able to assist with their inquiries.
He has been described as being of Caucasian appearance, solid build, between 185cm and 190cm tall, and wearing black pants, a yellow shirt, a hat and black shoes.
Anyone with information is urged to come forward.
5 December 2017 – Armed Robbery – Jewellery Store – Bankstown
Published December 8, 2017 | Investigations are underway following an armed robbery at Bankstown yesterday.
About 4.40pm (Monday 4 December 2017), police from Bankstown Local Area Command were called to a jewellery store on The Appian Way, following reports of an armed robbery.
Police were told four males, three armed with hammers and one with a knife, threatened staff before fleeing the store with jewellery.
Shortly afterwards the offenders stopped the driver of a SUV on Conway Road, Bankstown, where they threatened the occupants and took that vehicle.
The SUV was later recovered in Joseph Street at Lidcombe.
No-one was injured during the incidents.
Strike Force Poulet led by the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad are investigating these incidents.
29 August 2017 – Appeal – CCTV Released – Robbery – Jewellery Store – Doncaster East
Published September 1, 2017 | Eastern Region Crime Squad detectives are appealing for witnesses following an attempted jewellery store robbery on 5 June.
It is alleged that three men wearing masks and armed with hammers attempted to enter the Paula Crescent, Doncaster East store at about 2pm.
Staff heard loud banging before observing the men trying to smash through a large solid glass door.
After striking the door between 20 – 30 times, the three men left the premises without gaining entry to the store.
They were then observed leaving the area in an older model dark grey Toyota Camry.
There were no injuries to staff and no property was stolen.
Investigators have released CCTV footage and are keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the attempted robbery or who saw a dark grey Toyota Camry in the area at the time.
20 July 2017 – Update – Charges Laid – Armed Robbery – Jewellery Store – Mill Park
Published July 21, 2017 | Whittlesea Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a second man following an alleged armed robbery at a jewellery store in Mill Park on Tuesday 14 March.
A 28-year-old Greensborough man was arrested on Tuesday and charged with armed robbery and theft.
He was remanded into custody and faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
A 25-year-old Stawell man has already faced court in relation to the incident.
14 June 2017 – Update – Arrest – Armed Robberies – Jewellery Stores – Adelaide
Published June 16, 2017 | A man has been arrested after an investigation into a robbery at a Munno Para jewellery store, and thefts from three other stores.
Police will allege that just before 2.30pm on 4 June a man went to a jewellery store in the Munno Para Shopping Centre and stole an amount of jewellery.
Fortunately, no one was injured during the robbery.
The man also allegedly stole jewellery from stores at the Elizabeth City Centre and Hollywood Plaza Shopping Centre and Ingle Farm in the weeks prior.
The 29-year-old Blakeview man was charged with robbery and three counts of theft, and was refused bail to appear in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court tomorrow.
4 June 2017 – Armed Robbery – Jewellery Store – Munno Para
Published June 9, 2017 | Police are investigating a robbery at a Munno Para jewellers this afternoon.
A man threatened staff in the jewellery store inside the Munno Para Shopping Centre just before 2.30pm and made of with an amount of jewellery.
Fortunately, no one was injured during the robbery.
Witnesses described the suspect as a man aged in his late 20s, of Caucasian appearance, wearing a white shirt.
31 May 2017 – Update – CCTV Released – Armed Robbery – Jewellery Store – Ingle Farm
Published June 2, 2017 | Holden Hill Police are appealing for information following the break-in and theft at an Ingle Farm jewellery store in March, and today release images of the suspect.
About 5.20am, Sunday 5 March, a man broke into the Montague Road store via the roof and an stole amount of jewellery from glass cabinets before leaving the area possible on foot. Prior to this the man was seen on CCTV footage riding and walking around the perimeter of the building.
The man left an aluminium ladder at the scene and was riding a mountain bike. The man, described as Caucasian, was wearing dark clothing, a bucket hat and carrying a backpack.
12 May 2017 – Update – Arrest – Smash and Grab – Jewellery Store – Mt Gambier
Published May 19, 2017 | Police have arrested a man in Mt Gambier following the smash and grab theft of a significant amount of jewellery from a Modbury shop last month.
At about 11.15am on Tuesday 18 April, two men entered the Modbury Triangle Shopping Centre on Main North East Road, throwing large rock at the front window of a jewellery store smashing the glass.
The two men then allegedly reached in and stole a total of 86 yellow and white gold diamond rings from a window display. Holden Hill Police investigating the incident released CCTV images of the two men wanted over the incident.
On Thursday morning 11 May, police patrols a searched a Mt Gambier house, locating one of the men sought over the theft.
A 42-year-old man from no fixed place was arrested and charged with aggravated serious criminal trespass and the theft in relation to the jewellery theft on 18 April, plus two unrelated recent thefts in Mt Gambier.
The arrested man has been refused court bail and will appear in court in June.
Holden Hill Detectives are still searching for the second man (pictured below) At this stage none of the stolen jewellery has been recovered.
