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.
