Justice · Shepparton arrestsShepparton assault arrests: Eight detained over alleged attack on off-duty officerWritten November 2, 2026 at 3:21 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Detectives have arrested eight people over an alleged assault on an off-duty officer0:11and his friend.0:12Both nineteen-year olds needed hospital treatment.0:14It's still unclear which charges will follow with those arrested at different stages0:18of the investigation.0:19Police say an orange motorbike was being ridden erratically along Maudes Street in0:23Shepperton, in Victoria's North East.0:25They placed the incident near licensed premises at about half past midnight on0:29Sunday, October25 .0:31The off-duty officer asked the rider to leave the area.0:33Police allege a group of males then surrounded him.0:36He and his friend were allegedly punched in the face and kicked before the group0:39fled.0:40Both young men were taken to hospital with injuries that weren't life threatening.0:44They've since been released.0:45The officer was off-duty when the encounter happened, and his friend was also0:49nineteen.0:50Detectives searched eight properties across Greater Shepperton on Thursday, October0:53twenty nine.0:54Those searches led to six arrests: one sixteen-year old boy, three seventeen year1:00old boys, and two eighteen year old men.1:02Police interviewed all six.1:04A further seventeen-year old boy presented himself to a police station on Friday.1:09October thirty.1:10Police interviewed him and released him pending summons.1:12They also arrested a twenty-year old man from Kiala.1:15Together, those two bring the arrest total to eight, including five people under1:18eighteen.1:19Police expect to charge the six arrested after the searches on summons.1:23The seventeen-year old who attended the station was released pending summons.1:26The twenty-year old Kiala man was released pending further inquiries, leaving his1:30position on a separate track.1:32A summons would require a person to attend court.1:34For the six arrested after the searches, police are describing an expected charging1:38step.1:38All eight people arrested are presumed innocent.1:41Investigators seized mobile phones, an off road motorcycle and an imitation firearm.1:46Police haven't said the imitation firearm was used or displayed during the alleged1:50assault.1:50They also haven't identified the seized motorcycle as the orange bike described in1:54the encounter.1:55The expected summonses are the next step toward possible court appearances for seven1:59of those arrested.2:00Police haven't specified the offenses they expect to charge.2:03Further inquiries continue into the twenty-year-old Kiala man.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
