Detectives have charged an additional four teenagers, aged 13 to 17, as part of an investigation into an alleged string of crimes across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs last week.
Eastern Region Crime Squad allege a group of up to six teenagers entered a fast-food restaurant on Whitehorse Road in Nunawading at about 2.20am on Tuesday June 13.
Police allege they threatened staff with knives, stole cash and damaged the front window, before fleeing the scene in two vehicles.
The teenagers then allegedly entered another fast-food restaurant on Burwood Highway in Vermont South and threatened staff with weapons.
It is alleged the teenagers broke into a property on Fermanagh Road in Camberwell and stole three vehicles, while two vehicles were also taken from a property on Lesay Court in Mount Waverley between the hours of 11pm and 6am on 11 June.
It is alleged the teens were also involved in a robbery at a bus stop on Beaconsfield Avenue in Beaconsfield at about 3.30pm on June 10, two businesses being broken into on Matthews Road in Bentleigh East at about 3.15am on June 12.
A robbery at a fast-food restaurant on High Street Road in Glen Waverley at about 4am and a fast-food restaurant on Cheltenham Road in Keysborough at about 4am on June 12.
A robbery at a fast-food restaurant on Princes Highway in Eumemmering in the early hours of June 13.
Four teenagers were arrested between June 15-21 and have been charged with a number of offences.
A 17-year-old from Hampton Park was charged with multiple armed robberies, robberies, aggravated burglaries, burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and theft
A 13-year-old from Doveton was charged with multiple armed robberies, robbery, aggravated burglary, burglary, theft, theft of a motor vehicle and one shop steal.
He was also charged with 12 counts of committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
A 14-year-old Doveton boy was charged with multiple counts of armed robbery, robbery, handling stolen goods and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
A 13-year-old Springvale boy was charged with two robberies and one count of shop steal.
All four teenagers will appear at a children’s court at a later date.
