A teen will face court charged following investigations into multiple property-related incidents in the state's north.
Operation Regional Mongoose is a high-visibility police operation to tackle serious property-related crime, committed predominately by young offenders.
Officers attached to Oxley Police District commenced investigations into multiple property-related offences in the Tamworth area including:
Following extensive inquiries, about 3.20pm yesterday Monday (9 September 2024), officers issued a future court attendance notice at a youth justice centre and charged a 15-year-old boy with 10 offences,
- Aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence-people there (three counts)
- Drive conveyance taken without consent of owner (two counts)
- Never licensed person drive vehicle on road (two counts)
- Aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence-inflict actual bodily harm, and
- Dishonestly obtain property by deception (two counts).
He will appear at a children's court on Tuesday 5 November 2024.
Police will allege in court the charges relate to alleged offences including,
- The alleged theft of a sedan from a home on Mustang Close, Tamworth, between 8.30pm on Friday 19 April 2024 and 3.15am on Saturday 20 April 2024. It was later involved in a pursuit which was terminated a short time later. The sedan was found in Reservoir Street, Hillvue, about 1am the following day (Sunday 21 April 2024), and was seized for forensic examination.
- A home on Kurrawan Street, Tamworth, was allegedly broke into about 4.30am on Tuesday 23 April 2024, and a SUV, sedan and wallet were allegedly stolen. The SUV was later involved in a pursuit before it was terminated. The SUV was found abandoned after crashing into an electricity meter on Goonoo Goonoo Road, Tamworth. The sedan was found a short time later at the intersection of Karloo Street and Calala Lane.
- Emergency services were called to a home on Lambert Street, Tamworth, following reports a man had been assaulted during a break and enter about 3.15am on Sunday 28 April 2024. Police were told four males – armed with a shovel, rake and a mop – allegedly forced entry to the property before assaulting the man. A 32-year-old man was treated at the scene for facial injuries by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Tamworth Hospital. A 71-year-old woman who was also at the property wasn't injured.
- A SUV was reported stolen from a home on Hillvue Road, Tamworth, between 1am and 3am on Saturday 4 May 2024. The same vehicle was sighted at a service station on White Street, Tamworth, about 3am before leaving and allegedly failing to pay. The vehicle was located about 4.40pm on Sunday 6 May 2024, abandoned on Suzanne Street, Tamworth, and was seized for forensic examination.
Inquiries under Operation Regional Mongoose continue.
Anyone with information about Operation Regional Mongoose is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
