The following crimes were reported to Eastern District 3 (ED3) Proactive Policing Unit
Burglary: Clonbinane
At approximately 6am on November 6 unknown offender/s accessed a shed at Doctors Creek Rd, Clonbinane, stealing dirt bikes and various tools.
Theft from Motor Vehicle: Wallan
Between 7pm November 3, and 9am November 4, unknown offender/s damaged tyres and stole a medicine bag from a Mazda 3 parked at Hogans Hotel in Wallan.
Fatal accident: Puckapunyal
Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Puckapunyal on Friday November 7 when a car crashed into a tree off Seymour-Tooborac Road.
The driver, a 45-year-old Junortoun woman, died at the scene. Two children who were passengers of the vehicle, were airlifted to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators have identified the driver of a B-double truck in the area at the time of the crash and he is assisting with enquiries.
NSW link to Wollert shooting
DETECTIVES from the Homicide Squad have released CCTV and are appealing for further information following the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man in Wollert in July.
Police received information to suggest that Athan Boursinos’ murder was sanctioned by a New South Wales based organised crime syndicate, with the offenders travelling to Melbourne from NSW in the days prior.
Police believe that the two males and a white Volkswagen SUV are linked to the murder.
The complex police investigation is ongoing, including inquiries into the deceased’s alleged organised crime connections.
Boursinos was approached by unknown males in a laneway behind a Champions Parade residential address shortly before 9am on Thursday, July 31. He was then shot several times.
He was declared deceased at the scene.
The offenders fled the scene in a waiting Nissan Patrol, which was later found burnt out on Amery Street in Reservoir around 9.15am.
The Patrol had been stolen from a Reservoir address in June.
The group of men then got into a grey Volkswagen Golf, previously stolen from a Hampton East address in March.
The Golf was located burnt out on Rosehill Boulevard in Mickleham around two hours later. Detectives believe the men then got into a waiting silver BMW sedan.
Investigators have released CCTV of two men and a vehicle that investigators are seeking to identify in relation to the murder.
Police believe the incident was targeted but are still to determine the motivation behind the attack.
Anyone with information that could assist investigators is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online atcrimestoppersvic.com.au
