MELBOURNE, VIC. — Investigators from Croydon Divisional Response Unit have charged four teenage males after tracking an allegedly stolen vehicle across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and CBD on Monday afternoon.
Police will allege the stolen BMW was driving erratically on the Eastern Freeway in Doncaster on Monday, September 29 about 12.30pm.
The BMW was followed into the CBD where it allegedly struck a pedestrian on Exhibition Street.
The woman was transported to hospital for observation with non-life-threatening injuries.
The BMW, allegedly stolen from the Boroondara area yesterday, was dumped a short time later in the Bourke Street Mall, and the four occupants fled on foot.
They were arrested a short time later outside a shopping centre on Lonsdale Street.
A 17-year-old boy from the Greater Bendigo area was charged with theft of a motor vehicle and theft and was bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date.
A 17-year-old from the Yarra Ranges area was charged with theft of a motor vehicle, conduct endangering life, drive in a manner dangerous, drive speed dangerous, drive speed dangerous, unlicensed driving and fail to stop at an accident. He was remanded to appear at the children’s court today.
A 16-year-old from the Yarra Ranges area was charged with aggravated home invasion, aggravated burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, attempted aggravated burglary and theft. He was remanded to appear at the children’s court today.
A 16-year-old from the Bendigo area was charged with aggravated home invasion, theft of a motor vehicle and theft. He was also remanded to appear at the children’s court today.
There were 28,482 motor vehicle thefts in Victoria over the year to the end of June 2025, according to the latest state crime statistics.
That equates to 78 thefts each day or one every 18 minutes.
Youth crime continues to rise in the state, with the number of offences committed by children aged 10 to 17 jumping 13.7 per cent year-on-year.
