November 13, 2024
Police have charged seven teenagers with more than 60 property crime offences allegedly committed in the South Burnett area over the past three weeks.
It will be alleged the six juvenile boys and one adult male were involved in a series of robberies and break-and-enters in Kingaroy, Murgon, Cherbourg and Wondai during October and November.
Following investigations by Murgon and Kingaroy detectives and uniformed police, a 13-year-old and 15-year-old were arrested in Cherbourg on November 7.
The 13-year-old has been charged with two counts of armed robbery in company using violence, and single counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, stealing, possessing drug utensils, possessing house-breaking implements, driving without due care and attention, and unlicenced driving.
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear in Kingaroy Children’s Court on January 9. The 15-year-old boy was dealt with under provisions of the Youth Justice Act.
On October 28, police charged a 16-year-old Cherbourg boy and a 17-year-old Cherbourg boy.
The 16-year-old was charged with nine offences, including enter dwelling and commit, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, stealing and armed robbery in company. The 17-year-old was charged with 10 offences, including enter dwelling and commit, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, stealing, armed robbery, and unlicenced driving.
Both were remanded in custody and are due to appear in Kingaroy Children’s Court on January 9.
On November 9, police charged a 13-year-old Cherbourg boy with seven offences, including armed robbery in company using personal violence, stealing, unlawful use of motor vehicle, possession of housebreaking implements and enter premises and commit by break.
On the same day, a 16-year-old Cherbourg boy was charged with 10 offences including enter dwelling and commit indictable offence, unlawful use of motor vehicle and possess housebreaking implements.
Both were remanded in custody and were due to appear in Kingaroy Children’s Court on Wednesday (November 13).
Last week, an 18-year-old Cherbourg man was charged with 10 offences including disqualified driving, common assault, wilful damage, threatening violence, enter dwelling and commit. and unlawful use of motor vehicle. He appeared in Murgon Magistrates Court on November 6.
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Police arrested a 13-year-old boy and 15-year-old boy in Cherbourg on November 7. Raw video supplied by the QPS:
