VIC

Police have charged a Kings Park man following an armed robbery in Sunshine last night.
Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged 18-year-old Vincent Pua with two counts of armed robbery.
He faced an out of sessions court hearing and was remanded to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday 13 August.

Police are appealing for a man to come forward following an attempted armed robbery in Collingwood on Saturday.
It is believed the victim was approached by a man allegedly armed with a knife outside a convenience store on Smith Street around 8am.
The bandit made demands for cash before the victim fled into the convenience store.
The victim was not injured, however he did not stay at the scene or provide details to attending police.
Investigators urge this man to contact police and have released an image of him to assist with their enquiries.

Armed Crime Taskforce detectives are investigating an armed robbery committed on a licensed premises in Keilor in June.
Investigators believe the incident occurred at the Old Keilor Hotel on the Old Calder Highway, Keilor on Sunday 24 June 2012.
Around 3.20am staff at the hotel were confronted by a lone male offender who was inside the cash office.
The offender, armed with a handgun then stole a significant quantity of cash before locking the staff members in the cash room.
The offender fled the scene and it is unclear at this stage how the man gained entry to the office.
The Old Keilor Hotel, which was closed at the time of the incident, is also a gaming venue.

Police are searching for two men following an armed robbery at a Diamond Creek gaming venue last night.
The incident happened at 11.15pm, when two men, armed with knives, gained entry to the closed gaming room of the Main Hurstbridge Road tavern.
The men, who were wearing balaclavas or similar, threatened two staff members and demanded cash.
The men were given an amount of cash by the attendants before fleeing out a back door.
Police believe the offenders ran off along Main Hurstbridge Road towards a football oval.
No one was injured in the robbery.

Police are searching for three men following an armed robbery at a West Meadows gaming venue last night.
The incident happened at 10.23pm, when three men smashed a double glass door leading into the gaming room of the Ardlie Street tavern.
The men, who were wearing balaclavas or similar, were armed, one with a firearm and the other two with a baseball bat and an axe.
Six patrons, who were in the room at the time of the robbery, were threatened and made to hand over their wallets and handbags.
The robbers were also given an amount of money from the till after they threatened a staff member.
While in the venue the men smashed four poker machines, causing approximately $600,000 damage.
The men fled from the venue into the northern car park.

Investigators from Prahran Embona Taskforce are appealing for public assistance following an armed robbery in Malvern East on Tuesday.
Investigators have been told a man attended a service station on the corner of Dandenong and Tooronga Roads just before 3.30am.
The man, armed with what appeared to be a screwdriver, waited outside the store for a short time before entering.
This man made a demand to the attendant who handed over an amount of cash. The man then left.
No one was injured during the incident.
The man is described as wearing a black and white beanie or balaclava, a grey hooded windcheater with a white round logo on the upper left breast and front zip-up pockets, grey track pants with two dark stripes down the side, dark coloured ASICS shoes with white stripes and black gloves.
Investigators have released images on a man they would like to speak to.

Police are investigating an armed robbery which occurred at a service station in Colac last weekend.
A man has walked up the driveway of business on the Princes Highway just before 7pm on Saturday, 28 July and approached the female attendant, who had just finished locking the toilets.
He has made a demand for cash and stated that he had a knife.
The man has then followed the attendant inside the service station where she has handed him a small quantity of cash.
He left and was last seen walking west towards Rossmoyne Road.
No weapon was sighted during the incident and the attendant was uninjured.
At the time of the incident the man was wearing a blue balaclava, blue tracksuit pants, blue coat and dark runners with stripes.
He is described as being around 170-175cm tall and of a solid build with a “pot belly” and spoke with an Australian accent.
The Colac Crime Investigation Unit is investigating and has released CCTV of the incident.

Police are appealing for public assistance following an attempted armed robbery in Preston earlier this month.
Investigators have been told a man entered a service station on Bell Street, near the intersection with St Georges Road, just after 9.30pm on Friday, 6 July and made a demand for cash.
The man was armed with what appeared to be a screw driver.
The attendant refused the man’s demands and he left a short time later, heading east along Bell Street.
No one was injured during the incident.
The man is described as short and was wearing a black hooded jumper at the time of the incident.
Detectives from Darebin Crime Investigation Unit are investigating the incident and have released an image on a man they would like to speak with.

Good old fashioned policing by Melbourne East and St Kilda Road members has led to a lightning fast arrest this morning.
A staff member reported an attempted armed robbery at a convenience store in Bourke Street around 4.20am.
Investigators were told a man disguised with a scarf and armed with a metal pole and umbrella handle attempted to hold up the store two minutes earlier.
Police responded quickly, patrolling nearby streets in search of the would-be robber.
They arrested an 18-year-old man on Flinders Street less than ten minutes later.
The man is currently assisting police with their enquiries.

Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in Sale last week.
A man entered a gaming venue on Cunningham Street just after 11pm on Wednesday, 19 July and made a demand for money.
Police believe he may have been armed with a hand gun and a knife.
After receiving a quantity of cash he ran from the venue and no one was injured during the incident.
The man was wearing a grey plaid hoodie with brown fur around the hood, dark pants, orange gloves and a dark balaclava.
Welling Crime Investigation Unit is investigating the matter and have released images of a man they would like to speak to in relation to the matter.