Three teenagers will face court over a vehicle theft and police pursuit in Lake Macquarie area.
Just after 12am yesterday (Tuesday 26 December 2023), officers attached to Lake Macquarie Police District were patrolling the M1 Pacific Motorway, Freemans Waterhole, south of Newcastle, when they located and attempted to stop an Audi hatchback, allegedly stolen from a Sydney address earlier this month.
When the vehicle failed to stop, and a pursuit was initiated.
A short time later, police successfully deployed road spikes on the Central Coast Highway and the vehicle came to a stop.
The driver, a 15-year-old girl, and her two female passengers, aged 14 and 15, were arrested before being taken to Gosford Police Station.
The 15-year-old driver was charged with police pursuit – not stop – drive recklessly, not stop vehicle when directed to do so, never licensed person drive vehicle on road, class A motor vehicle exceed speed faster than 45km/h, and drive conveyance taken without consent of owner.
Both passengers were each charged with be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner.
The driver was granted conditional bail to appear at children’s court tomorrow (Thursday 28 December 2023).
The younger passenger was granted conditional bail to appear at children’s court on Saturday (13 January 2024).
The older passenger was granted conditional bail to appear at children’s court on Wednesday(10 January 2024).
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
