A teenage boy has been charged with 17 property-related offences alleged to have occurred in the state’s Central West over the past two years.
Between Thursday 12 July 2018 and Thursday 9 July 2020, officers attached to Central West Police District received numerous reports of break and enters, vehicle theft and other larceny offences alleged to have occurred in Cowra, Dubbo and Orange.
Following extensive investigations by the Orange Proactive Crime Team – assisted by Orange detectives – a warrant was issued for the arrest of a 17-year-old boy in relation to eight separate incidents spanning 22 months.
Between Tuesday (21 July 2020) and Wednesday (22 July 2020), police responded to reports of a vehicle theft and two subsequent break and enters, and an attempted stealing in Orange, before the stolen vehicle was set alight.
Shortly after 7am yesterday (Wednesday 22 July 2020), police arrested the teen on Scarborough Street at Orange.
He was taken to Orange Police Station and charged with aggravated break enter and steal – in company (two counts), break enter and steal (six counts), break enter with intent steal (two counts), take and drive conveyance (three counts), be carried in stolen conveyance, steal motor vehicle, and destroy property by fire, along with breach of bail.
The youth was bail refused to appear before a children’s court today (Thursday 23 July 2020).
Investigations continue.
