A teenage boy has been charged following a pursuit in an allegedly stolen car in the state's Riverina region.
About 8.20am yesterday (Thursday 8 September 2022), officers attached to Riverina Police District attempted to stop a Holden Colorado, which had been reported stolen, on GoCup Road, Tumut.
The vehicle failed to stop, and a pursuit was initiated on Brungle Road, before being terminated for safety concerns.
A short time later, the vehicle stopped on Brungle Road, and the driver – a 15-year-old boy – was arrested.
He was subjected to a roadside breath test which allegedly returned a positive result, before being taken to Tumut Police Station, where he was subjected to a secondary test which allegedly returned a reading of 0.069.
The boy has been charged with 13 offences, including:
- Enter building/land with intent commit indictable offence (two counts),
- Take and drive conveyance without consent of owner (three counts),
- Dishonestly obtain property by deception (two counts),
- Be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner,
- Police pursuit – not stop – drive recklessly,
- Unlicensed for Class, Class C, R, LR or MR,
- Receive property – theft – serious indictable offence,
- Goods in personal custody suspected being stolen (not motor vehicle), and,
- Drive with low range PCA.
Police will allege several vehicles were broken into in the Young, Gundagai and Coolac townships yesterday morning, with two stolen from a Coolac address.
He was refused bail to appear in a children's court today (Friday 9 September 2022).
Anyone with information about this incident 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.
