Trio in court after allegedly stolen guns found in car at car wash

Oct 28, 2024

Police officers at the scene of an alleged home invasion in Community St.

Three men who had seven allegedly stolen guns in their vehicle when they were arrested by police at a car wash on Thursday, October 24, have faced court.

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Isaac Hindmarsh, 19, of Shepparton, Travis Murrell, 18, of Mooroopna, and Lenard Weston, 22, of Shepparton briefly faced Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on Monday, October 28.

Mr Hindmarsh and Mr Murrell were charged over an alleged home invasion in Shepparton on Monday, October 21.

Police alleged the men forced entry to a property on Community St about 5.15am on October 21.

Two occupants of the house were allegedly assaulted.

A 41-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Mr Hindmarsh and Mr Murrell face 17 charges, including aggravated home invasion and assault with a firearm, intentionally causing injury, two counts of assault, possessing two or more firearms and possessing a firearm while a prohibited person.

The pair is also charged with burglary, theft of a vehicle, two counts of theft, possessing cartridge ammunition, dishonest retention of stolen goods, possessing methamphetamines and failing to comply with a direction to assist police.

Mr Hindmarsh is also charged with carrying a loaded firearm in public, another count of possessing a firearm while a prohibited person and another count of theft.

Mr Murrell is also charged with possessing a loaded firearm in public, using a firearm in contravention of a firearm prohibition order and theft of a vehicle

Mr Weston has been charged with robbery, assault, possessing methamphetamines and theft of a vehicle.

Shepparton Crime Investigation Unit detectives, with the assistance of Special Operations Group, attended Shinezilla car wash in Kialla Lakes Dve, Kialla, about 7.15pm on Thursday, October 24.

Police said three men were located in an allegedly stolen Toyota HiLux and were all taken into custody.

Officers located and seized seven firearms from the vehicle.

Police allege four of the firearms, as well as the HiLux, were stolen during a burglary in Murchison, while three firearms were allegedly stolen in a burglary at Moama.

Both alleged burglaries occurred between October 20 and 24.

In court on Monday, none of the men applied for bail, and all three were remanded in custody.

None of them entered pleas to any of the charges.

Mr Weston will next appear in court in December, while Mr Hindmarsh and Mr Murrell will next appear at a committal mention in March.