HOPPERS CROSSING, VIC. — Maribyrnong Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) detectives have charged a teen after two police vehicles were rammed this morning.
Officers from the Dog Squad spotted an allegedly stolen Hyundai Getz parked on Geddes Crescent about 1.30am.
Police attempted intercept the vehicle, when it’s alleged the driver deliberately rammed two police vehicles.
Police will allege the two occupants fled on foot but were located by a police dog and its handler nearby.
No injuries were reported.
The alleged driver, a 16-year-old boy from the Wyndham area, has been charged with aggravated intentional exposure of a police officer to risk by driving, theft of a motor vehicle and unlicensed driving.
He was bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date.
His alleged passenger, a 14-year-old boy from the Wyndham area, was cautioned.
It is alleged the vehicle was stolen from a Tarneit gym on Saturday, January 31.
