Detectives have charged four teenagers following a string of alleged burglaries and a home invasion in Melbourne's south and east earlier this week.
It is alleged that a group of teenaged males stole a grey Kia Rio from a property on Wards Grove in Bentleigh East, about 2.30am on Monday 4 November.
No one was physically injured.
Police allege that the group then gained access to a property on Were Street in Brighton, about 11.15pm on Tuesday 5 November.
They allegedly fled on foot when confronted by residents home at the time.
No one was physically injured.
The teens were allegedly involved in several incidents on Wednesday 6 November:
- an attempted burglary at a service station on Dandenong Road in Malvern East in the early hours of the morning
- a burglary at a service station on North Road in Bentleigh East in the early hours of the morning
- an attempted burglary at a property on Campbell Street in Sandringham about 12.20am
- an attempted burglary at a property on Cochrane Street in Brighton about 12.45am
- an attempted burglary at a property on Baker Street in Brighton about 1.15am
- an attempted burglary at a service station on Nepean Highway in Gardenvale about 3am
- an attempted burglary at a service station on Riversdale Road in Hawthorn about 3.30am
- a burglary at a service station on Glen Eira Road in Elsternwick about 4.30am
Police arrested four males from the Glen Eira and Bass Coast areas.
Four 15-year-old males were charged with burglary, criminal damage and theft offences.
They were remanded to appear before a children's court today.
