NSW police charge teen with break and enter offences at Tamworth

A teen has been charged after allegedly breaking into homes in the state’s north-west between January 2019 and September this year.

About 12pm yesterday (Thursday 1 October 2020), officers attached to Oxley Police District attended a home on Westlow Cresent, Tamworth, and arrested a juvenile following an investigation by Operation Southbank.

The 16-year-old boy was taken to Tamworth Police Station where he was charged with nine counts of break and enter offences, and two counts of destroy or damage property.

It will be alleged the items were stolen from several homes in the Tamworth area.

He was refused bail to appear before Tamworth Children’s Court today (Friday 2 October 2020

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