Police have charged six young people following an extensive pursuit in the state’s north yesterday.
About 2.10am Friday (1 March 2024), police receive a report that a Doge Ram utility had been stolen from a home in Skennars Head.
Officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District commenced an investigation and located the vehicle travelling on Hastings River Drive, Port Macquarie, about 1am yesterday (Saturday 2 March 2024), following reports it had been sighted at an earlier break and enter.
Police directed the driver to stop the vehicle, however when the driver allegedly failed to do so a pursuit was initiated.
During the pursuit police successfully deployed road spikes on Houston Mitchell Drive, Lake Cathie.
The pursuit was terminated shortly after due to safety concerns.
Police continued to track the utility before a second pursuit was initiated on the Pacific Highway, Thrumster.
The vehicle then stopped on Aston Street, Port Macquarie, before six young people exited the car with four of them swimming through a nearby canal and entering a moored yacht.
Officers arrested all four youths on the yacht commandeering a civilian vessel. Police arrested the other two young people in nearby bush.
They were all taken to Port Macquarie Police Station where they were charged.
Two boys aged 13 and 15 were charged with be carried in conveyance without consent of owner, aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence and police pursuit not stop drive recklessly.
Two 14-year-old boys and two 16-year-old boys were charged with be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner and aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence.
The 13, 15 and one 14-year-old boy were refused bail to appear before children’s court today (Sunday 3 March 2023). The other three boys were given strict conditional bail to appear before children’s court on Tuesday 2 April 2024.
