DIAMOND CREEK, VIC. — Banyule-Nillumbik Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) detectives have arrested four youths in a stolen car following an aggravated burglary after the youths gained entry to a home on Penton Court, Diamond Creek, and a Ford Ranger and a Kia Sportage were stolen from a carport at about 1.25am.
A 50-year-old man, a 41-year-old woman and a child were home at the time.
They were not injured during the incident.
Police on the ground and Air Wing tracked the stolen cars.
Investigators alleged in court that the stolen Kia was abandoned on Foote Street, Templestowe.
The stolen Ford Ranger allegedly entered an underground carpark on Blackburn Road, Doncaster East, where four teenage boys were swiftly arrested.
A 17-year-old boy from the Knox area was charged with aggravated burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and going equipped to steal.
A 17-year-old boy from the Whitehorse area was charged with aggravated burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and going equipped to steal.
A 15-year-old boy from the Manningham area was charged with aggravated burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, going equipped to steal and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
A 15-year-old boy from the Whitehorse area was charged with aggravated burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, going equipped to steal and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
All four teens appeared at a children’s court hearing this morning.
