TWO 18-year-olds allegedly stole a $250,000 Bentley from a Doncaster house and drove it to Cheltenham before crashing into a brick fence in Cheltenham, 9.30am Sunday morning (6 November).
The pair, of Pakenham, are alleged to have forced open a garage door to steal the 2007 model luxury sedan from The Boulevard before driving it 22km to its crash point on the corner of Chesterville Rd and Argus St.
Police in an unmarked car followed them from a distance as they drove south along Nepean Hwy and were awaiting back-up from the Air Wing and ground units before intercepting them.
Near Turner Rd, the car “accelerated rapidly”. They drove the car onto the wrong side of Chesterville Rd and up onto the footpath before colliding with the fence and telephone pole.
Police said the teenagers ran from the damaged car and were arrested soon after hiding in neighbouring properties. They suffered minor injuries and abrasions from the collision.
The pair were charged with theft of a motor car and bailed to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court in May.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 9 November 2016
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Why the hell are they on bail for stealing a $250,000 piece of someone else’s property and basically destroying it?