Teenager charged with car theft; property-related offences - Dubbo

Friday, 06 December 2024 06:51:47 PM

A teenager will face court on several alleged property-related offences in the state’s Central West today, as Operation Regional Mongoose continues to be a focus for NSW Police.

Operation Regional Mongoose is a high-visibility police operation to tackle serious property-related crime, allegedly committed predominately by young offenders.

It will be alleged that a 16-year-old boy stole a vehicle from Spring Court, Dubbo, about 11.30pm on Monday 4 November 2024.

The following day the teenager allegedly failed to pay for petrol at a service station on Hawthorne Street.

The vehicle was found in Cobra Street on the same day and has been seized for forensic examination.

Following inquiries, about 12.45pm yesterday (Thursday 5 December 2024), officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District arrested a teenage boy.

He was taken to Dubbo Police Station.

It will be further alleged that the boy was in breach of his bail conditions and had also trespassed on a shopping centre on Windsor Parade on Sunday 17 November 2024.

Inquires also established that he did not hold a driver’s licence.

He was charged with,

• Drive conveyance taken without consent of owner

• Dishonestly obtain property by deception

• Never licensed person drive vehicle on road

• Enter inclosed land not prescribed premises without lawful excuse

• Enter building/land with intent to commit indictable offence

• Larceny

• Breach of bail

The boy was refused bail to appear before a children’s court today (Friday 6 December 2024), where he was remanded in custody to reappear at the same court on Monday 17 February 2025.

Investigations are ongoing.

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