Wednesday 20 March 2024

Teens Face Court Over Pursuit Through Newcastle And Port Stephens

 BY IAN CROUCH

Police have arrested three teenagers over a wild pursuit in a luxury car allegedly stolen from Lambton.

Police say the Audi A6 sedan was taken from a home on Grainger Street early Tuesday morning, with officers spotting the car on Glebe Road at Adamstown before giving chase.

The car eventually stopped at Tomago where the driver, a 15-year-old boy and his two passengers, a boy aged 15 and a 14-year-old girl, were arrested.

The male passenger was refused bail and faced the children's court on Tuesday charged with aggravated break and enter commit serious indictable offence, goods in personal custody suspected of being stolen, and being carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner. .

The driver and female passenger have been given strict conditional bail to face the children's court on Monday 15 April, 2024.