Police are investigating an armed robbery at a fast food restaurant in Laverton North this morning.

Investigators have been told three or four masked men brandishing weapons entered the Little Boundary Road premises via the staff entrance just after 1.30am.

A 19-year-old male store attendant was struck to the head with a blunt instrument before one of the men threatened a female store attendant with a knife, demanding cash.

The bandits fled the scene with an amount of cash in a white Holden Commodore sedan.

The male store attendant was conveyed to The Alfred hospital with serious head injuries, believed to be non life-threatening.

The female store attendant was not injured.

There were no customers in the store at the time of the incident.

Police are appealing to anyone with information about the armed robbery to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppers.com.au.

Stonington CIU detectives are investigating an aggravated burglary at a retail business in South Melbourne on 20 June.

Staff members at the store on Clarendon Street were assaulted by two armed men that entered the premises.

Just after 4pm one of the offenders rang the doorbell and was buzzed through by an employee and walked into the display area of the store when a second offender rang the doorbell.

A second employee who was situated upstairs, buzzed the second offender into the premises.

The first offender approached one of the staff members, pulling a tyre iron from his sock and struck him to the head. The confrontation then moved to the back office where the victim has managed to get the tyre iron and use it to defend himself.

The victim managed to call triple 0 and the first offender then left the premises.

The second offender went upstairs and confronted the second employee, demanding cash which was handed over. The offender then disconnected the CCTV hard drive and punched the employee in the face.

The first employee ran up stairs to assist his workmate. A scuffle broke out, the second offender then left the premises.

The first offender is described as Caucasian, 175-180cm tall, short dark hair, and a goatee. He was wearing a white hooded jumper, tracksuit pants and one white glove.

The second offender was wearing a black top, black stretch pants, sunglasses and a black balaclava.

The 25-year-old staff member who was assaulted with a tyre iron was taken to hospital with lacerations to his head.

Police are investigating an attempted abduction in Ringwood East last Tuesday 21 June.

Maroondah Crime Investigation Unit detectives have been told a 16-year-old girl was walking east along Bedford Road near Dublin Road when an early model light blue sedan pulled up beside her about 4.30pm.

The male driver signalled to the girl to get into the car, however she kept walking.

The man drove forward before he got out of the vehicle and sat in the front passenger seat.

It is alleged he then grabbed the girl on the arm from behind before she struggled and yelled for him to get off.

The girl ran and hid in near-by bushes before the man quickly drove off.

Police have released a FACE image of a man they wish to speak with.

The man is described as Southern European, aged between 50 and 60-years-old, 178cm tall, average build with decayed teeth.

He was wearing dark coloured clothing.

Investigators have liaised with Homicide Squad and Knox Crime Investigation Unit detectives in light of the recent disappearance of 13-year-old Siriyakorn ‘Bung’ Siriboon and an attempted abduction in Boronia on Wednesday 29 June.

Members of Broadmeadows Embona are asking for public assistance in relation to the bashing and robbery of a man in Craigieburn last month.

Police were told a 60-year-old man was attacked after he arrived at work at his wholesale butchers business in Yellowbox Drive about 5.40am on May 11.

The man was sitting at a desk in an office with his back to the door when two men broke into the premises.

It’s alleged the two men, armed with planks of wood, assaulted the man before stealing an amount of cash.

The man was knocked to the floor and struck across the head and body being left with a laceration to his face.

His attackers are described as Caucasian with thin builds and both were wearing beanies.

One man was wearing a distinctive red, flannelette jacket.

A witness observed a male in the area around the time of the offence and has produced an image of a person investigators wish to speak to.

Box Hill Embona are investigating an attempted bank robbery at Balwyn yesterday afternoon.

Police believe a man entered the Whitehorse Road bank about 2.45pm and waited in line, before handing the teller a note that demanded cash.

The female attendant then activated the shutters and the offender attempted to leave the premises.

But the man was stopped by a customer at the doorway, where a short struggle ensued and he dropped a bag he was carrying.

It is believed the man then ran away via Rochester Road.

The offender is described as a Caucasian man, aged in his late 20s to early 30s, clean shaven and about 183cm tall.

He was wearing a dark top and dark jeans at the time of the incident.

Police have charged a man following an alleged robbery in Lawson Street Albion.

Investigators allege that a 22-year-old Albion woman was pushed to the ground and forced to hand over her bag around 7.10am.

A passer-by grabbed the man and held onto him until police arrived.

A 19-year-old man was arrested by police and taken before the Sunshine Magistrate’s Court this afternoon.

A 30-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after he was arrested by police trying to leave the country.

The charge relates to a shooting in the Nicholson Street mall in Footscray on May 31 where a 24-year-old Collingwood man received serious injuries.

The Footscray man will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court today.

Police are searching for a man who is believed to have indecently assaulted three women in Clayton over the past three months.

All three victims are of Asian decent, aged in their early 20s and were attacked between 6-7.30pm in the vicinity of the Monash Medical Centre.

In the latest incident, 24-year-old Clayton woman was walking east along Iona Street while talking on her phone when a man grabbed her from behind and attempted to drag her backwards on Tuesday.

The victim has dropped to the ground and screamed, causing the male to release her and flee about 7.30pm.

In the first incident, a 20-year-old Clayton woman was pushing a shopping trolley along Kanooka Grove about 7pm on 16 April.

She has walked past a man who has then turned around and grabbed her from behind, before releasing her and running in a southerly direction along Kanooka Grove.

A week later another woman, was walking home along Dooga Streets when she was grabbed from behind and pushed to the ground about 6pm on 23 April.

The offender is perceived as being of Asian or Indian Sub-continental in appearance, between 168-178cm tall, with a medium build and short, dark curly hair.

In two of the incidents he was reported to be wearing a beige jacket or fleecy top and sandals.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an attempted armed robbery which occurred in Maddox Road on 14 June.

Investigators have been told that a man entered a milk bar with a handgun around 6pm.

He threatened the attendant and demanded that he fill a backpack with the day’s takings.

The terrified attendant ran to the rear of the shop and through to the attached residence.

The offender left empty handed.

He is perceived to be of Maori or Pacific Islander heritage, 165 centimetres tall, aged in his twenties and with a medium build.

At the time of the offence he was wearing a black baseball cap with a silver fern emblem, black jacket and a black and white chequered scarf over his face.

Police are searching for a man after a Pakington St pharmacy was held up this afternoon.

Police believe the offender, believed to be aged between 20 and 30-years old, walked to the rear of the store’s counter and waited for a staff member to finish serving a customer before demanding medication at about 2.30pm.

The man was armed with what is believed to be a hunting knife.

He then grabbed a plastic crate containing medication and left the premises.

The Caucasian man was wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and sunglasses, and was last seen on the corner of Candover and Pakington streets in Geelong West shortly after the incident.