Sometime between 3am and 3.45am on April 16,two luxury vehicles – a white convertible Ferrari and a BMW sedan – were allegedly stolen from a home on Old Northern Road in Dural.
Police allege this Ferrari was stolen from Dural.NSW Police
Later that day,police tracked the cars to Perigee Close,Doonside,where they also found a knife inside one of the vehicles.
About 2am on April 19,a Mazda CX-9 was also allegedly stolen from Constitution Hill.
Officers briefly had the vehicle in their sights,and highway patrol officers attempted to pursue the car before the chase was terminated on the Great Western Highway.
At 2.30am the same morning the car was spotted abandoned in the area.
Police found three people – an 18-year-old man,a 17-year-old male and a 15-year-old male – hiding in bushland near Hood Street in Northmead.
Police will allege the trio were involved in the alleged theft of the luxury vehicles in Dural.
The youngest teenager was charged with 15 break-and-enter offences and 14 counts of stolen vehicle offences. Police also charged him with breach of bail.
The 15-year-old also became the first person charged under the new “post and boast” laws,which makes posting on social media about stealing cars or breaking into homes a crime.
The teenager will face an additional two years in prison if convicted of the new offence. He was formally refused bail and will reappear in a children’s court on Tuesday.
Police say this BMW was also stolen.NSW Police
The 17-year-old was charged with aggravated break,enter and steal and being carried in a conveyance without consent. He was refused bail and will appear in a children’s court on Friday.
The 18-year-old man was first charged with the same offences as the older teenager,and granted conditional bail. While on bail he was arrested again and charged with a further 12 counts of aggravated break and enter offences and 10 counts of stolen vehicle offences. He was also charged under the new “post and boast” laws.
He was refused bail and will appear at Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday.
The new laws targeting people who film themselves committing vehicle theft and break and enter offences were introduced by the Minns government in March in a bid to crack down on worsening youth crime in Sydney and the regions.
An extra bail test was also introduced for teenagers aged between 14 and 18 who commit these offences while already on bail for similar offences.
Now a bail authority – including police,magistrates and judges – will need a high degree of confidence that the young person will not commit a serious offence while on bail.
Police Strike Force Sweetenham is investigating teenage car thieves in Sydney with some stolen cars being used by organised crime groups. Earlier this year,strike force detectives were alerted to a spate of luxury car thefts on Wolseley Crescent in Point Piper,Australia’s wealthiest street.
