Hay police pursuit
Two people have been charged following the pursuit of a vehicle in Hay on Tuesday.
Traffic and Highway Patrol officers attempted to stop a Great Wall utility seen travelling on the Sturt Highway at Balranald.
The vehicle failed to stop when directed and a pursuit was initiated travelling to Hay, where road spikes were successfully deployed, deflating the tyres.
The vehicle stopped in the CBD area, and the driver fled while the passenger, an 18 year-old woman, was arrested.
Following a search of the area, a 21 year-old man was later arrested after being found hiding on the veranda of a home.
The man was charged with police pursuit - not stop - drive dangerously, never licensed person drive vehicle on road, drive vehicle under influence of drugs, and enter enclosed land not prescribed premises without lawful excuse.
Ten outstanding warrants were also executed, and he was refused bail to appear in Hay Court on Wednesday.
The woman was charged with passenger not disclose driver's/other passenger's identity and responsible person/custodian not disclose driver's details. She will appear at Hay Local Court on May 1.
Pakistani community a fundraising powerhouse
Floods, fires and earthquakes are no match for the Pakistani Association of the Goulburn Valley’s determination.
PAGV formed in 2019 to connect people from across the region, but that was not its only goal.
The have contibuted funding to assist with the 2019 bush fire recovery and while battling floods in Shepparton themselves, accumulated $16,500 worth of donations to be sent to the Akhuwat Foundation and the Al-khidmat Foundation.
The group’s latest efforts have been devoted towards the Turkish earthquake, with proceeds given to Turkish mosques to support the community.
So far, the PAGV has collected $2500 for this cause.
Two charges over Moama houseboat incident
Two men have been charged with intimidation after nine women on a Murray River houseboat were allegedly terrorised on Saturday.
The men, aged 26 and 28, were each issued with notices to appear in Moama Court on May 11.
A police investigation led police to an Echuca business where three marked police cars - two Victorian and one from NSW - were parked nearby - for more than 90 minutes.
Suring Saturday’s alleged indicent, a group of men on a pontoon boat are reported to have approached a moored houseboat in Moama and asked the women on it if they could come aboard.
The women declined. A few hours later, about 6pm, some of the men allegedly climbed on to the houseboat without permission.
They also allegedly hurled items at the women, and rammed the houseboat with their pontoon.
Concerned for their safety, the women locked themselves upstairs and called the owner of Moama on Murray Houseboats, who quickly arrived to assist the women.
Disturbing footage has since emerged of the incident, where one of the women can be heard pleading with the men to leave them alone.