Lauren Price is a crime reporter for The West Australian. She joined The West's crime team in 2023. Lauren regularly covers crime, courts and breaking news. Got any story tips? Contact Lauren below.
An 86-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly approaching women in a park and indecently assaulting them.
Lauren Price
A man has suffered serious burns to his whole body in a housefire in Perth’s inner suburbs overnight.
A 25-year-old man is facing drug charges after he crashed his car and ditched the scene, leading to police finding the vehicle up in flames in bushland.
Police are investigating a horror home invasion in Perth’s inner suburbs in which residents were threatened with a knife.
Doctors are warning of the deadly risks of carbon monoxide poisoning from the increasing use of charcoal burners by people trying to stay warm this winter.
A woman in her 40s has been rushed to hospital with critical injuries after a crash in Alexander Heights. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
Police are on the hunt for a man who brandished a large kitchen knife and threatened staff as he robbed a kebab shop in broad daylight.
A Merriwa man charged over a dangerous pursuit that came to a crashing end when he allegedly hit a cyclist and slammed into a Cannington home was already on bail for other alleged offences.
Emily Moulton and Lauren Price
A 15-year-old has been charged with robbing a teenager of his phone at knifepoint on a train in Perth’s northern suburbs, with police still searching for another juvenile assailant.
Three people have been rescued after their catamaran was left wrecked when it ran aground in rough seas off the remote WA south coast.
A 24-year-old man has been charged over a bloody brawl outside a Perth nightclub which saw multiple people admitted to hospital.
An animal refuge is overflowing with dogs and puppies in need of a home in the latest example of man’s best friend becoming the silent victim of WA’s catastrophic housing shortage and the cost-of-living crisis.