Teen charged after woman allegedly threatened with knife - Moree

Monday, 04 November 2024 08:24:49 AM

A teenage boy is due to appear in a children’s court today charged after a family was allegedly threatened and their SUV stolen at Moree at the weekend.

Officers attached to New England Police District have been told a 33-year-old woman asleep in a hotel on Warialda Street with her two young children, when four people allegedly forced their way into the room shortly after midnight (Sunday 3 November 2024).

Police have been told the woman was threatened by a youth allegedly armed with a knife before her handbag was stolen; the group then left in her SUV.

Police established a crime scene and commenced investigations.

Following inquiries, police arrested a 14-year-old boy in Moree shortly after 11pm.

He was taken to Moree Police Station where he has been charged with two offences,

• Aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence (while) armed, and

• Commit a 154A offence and disseminate.

The boy has also been charged with breach of bail.

He has been refused bail to appear in a children’s court today (Monday 4 November 2024).

The SUV was recovered in Anne Street, Moree.

Inquiries are continuing into the identity of the other people allegedly involved.

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