Teens arrested for alleged crime spree
A GROUP of teenagers have been charged after an alleged crime spree across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne last week.
Police charged four teenagers on 19 August after making a total of five arrests. Police arrested one girl and four males.
The arrests relate to alleged offences including a theft and assault at a business on Thompsons Road in Patterson Lakes, aggravated burglaries in Governor Arthur Drive, Patterson Lakes and on Reflections Boulevard in Clyde North, an attempted aggravated burglary on Moxham Drive in Clyde North, and a theft of a motor vehicle in Cranbourne. The offences allegedly took place over a six hour period in the early hours on 19 August.
Police spotted the allegedly stolen car driving in Cranbourne North and began pursuing it. The car stopped in Endeavour Hills and two people, an 18-year-old Narre Warren South man and a 19-year-old Hampton Park man, were arrested. They were charged with aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle, attempted aggravated burglary, and theft from motor vehicle.
Later that day, a 16-year-old girl was arrested and charged with 16 offences including aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle, unlicensed driving, careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and commit an indictable offence while on bail.
Police also arrested two boys, a 14-year-old from Cranbourne North and 16-year-old from Wonthaggi, at a Mulgrave house. The 14-year-old has been charged with 10 offences including aggravated burglary, and theft of motor car, and the 16-year-old boy was released pending further enquiries.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 26 August 2020