Police from Wagga Wagga Local Area Command are issuing a warning to those who intend to shoplift, following ongoing operations in the area.

Over the last two days (Wednesday 8 April – Thursday 9 April 2015), Wagga Wagga Police conducted Operation Cut-Price, targeting shoplifters in a joint operation with retail loss prevention officers.

The operation is the one of a series of operations Wagga Wagga Police are conducting as part of ongoing investigations into retail theft.

A number of suspected shoplifters were targeted during the operation and a strong police presence was focused on locations identified as retail theft hot spots.

During the operation a total of 23 people were caught for shoplifting and other offences.

The officer in charge of Operation ‘Cut-Price’, Leading Senior Constable Simon Carberry is issuing a warning to people in the area that intend to shoplift.

“Shoplifting is a serious crime that has a major impact on local businesses and the community as a whole.

“Wagga Wagga Police will continue to crack down on people who shoplift, with further operations already planned.

“If you shoplift, you will be caught and charged,” said Leading Senior Constable Carberry.

Police would like to thank the community members that assisted in providing information and supporting the operation.

Any information on shoplifting offenders or people who receive stolen goods are urged to call their local police or Crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Police have charged a teenager after investigating a report of a person taking photos of a child in a public toilet at Queanbeyan last month.
About 4.15pm on Tuesday 31 March 2015, a six-year-old girl entered the toilets at a shopping centre on Monaro Street.
The child has told police she saw a hand with a mobile phone emerge from under the wall of the adjacent cubicle and take a photo.
The person in the neighbouring cubicle did not touch or speak to the child.
The girl immediately left the toilet and told her mother, who contacted security at the shopping centre.
The girl’s parents contacted police and officers from Monaro Local Area Command commenced an investigation.

Following inquiries, today (Wednesday 8 April 2015), police spoke with a 17-year-old boy at Wagga Wagga Police Station, where he was charged with behaving in an offensive manner.

The teen will appear before a children’s court on Tuesday 26 May 2015.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra returns by overwhelming popular demand for this concert spectacular, to honour the year of the ANZAC Centenary.

Featuring America’s finest musicians together with the Moonlight Serenade Singers and The Broadway Swing Dancers, the concert will pay tribute to the spirit of ANZAC including a special feature of music and songs from the years of the Great War.

All the famous Glenn Miller classics will be performed by the Orchestra playing the original music arrangements; timeless icons of American culture such as Chattanooga Choo Choo, A String Of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction, Moonlight Serenade, Little Brown Jug and the greatest Miller hit of all time, In The Mood.
Remembering the Centenary of Anzac

It is fitting that the Glenn Miller Orchestra is returning in 2015, the year of the Centenary of Anzac.

Major Glenn Miller served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 until his untimely death on December 15th 1944 when he was travelling to entertain US troops in France; his aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel.

Glenn Miller recorded many memorable hits from the 1914 to 1918 period which the orchestra will perform in tribute to the ANZACS.

‘My Buddy’ – ‘Over There’ – ‘Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag’ – ‘If You Were The Only Girl In The World’ and many more.

THE UNFORGETTABLE MUSIC OF THE 1940’S FROM THE GOLDEN ERA OF SWING

“An evening of nostalgia…unforgettable music; an absolutely brilliant concert”
– The Australian Stage

Victoria’s Easter holiday road toll increased to four on Monday afternoon, after a man was killed in a crash north-west of Melbourne.

Police believe the man was driving north along Troups Road South at Mount Cottrell, near Melton, when his car left the road, hit a large boulder and rolled.

The man was the sole occupant of the vehicle. Victoria police are preparing a report for the coroner.

A woman was found dead in a car near Ouyen, in Victoria’s west, by passersby on Monday morning.

It appeared her vehicle had veered off the road and crashed into a tree, but it was unclear when the crash had occurred, police said.

In other deadly crashes at the weekend, a 73-year-old woman was killed and a 79-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries after their car was allegedly struck head-on by another vehicle overtaking on a bend on the South Gippsland Highway at Lang Lang on Monday morning.

It is believed the couple, from Leongatha, were travelling home at the time.

The female driver of the overtaking vehicle was also seriously injured.

And a male motorcyclist died after crashing into a tree at Baxter, on the Mornington Peninsula, on Saturday night.

Police urged holidaymakers returning to Melbourne late on Monday to slow down and drive safely.

A VicRoads spokesman said nearly all major highways and freeways were congested on Monday night, as hordes of Melburnians made their way home after the long weekend.

Traffic was particularly slow on the Hume Highway southbound between Wallan and Kilmore about 6pm, while there were also delays on the South Gippsland Freeway and Highway due to minor crashes, the spokesman said.

The latest deaths bring Victoria’s provisional road toll to 76, two more than at the same time last year.