Three Logan teenagers and one 12-year-old to face court after brazen robbery
A 12-year-old boy and two teenage girls are among four youths charged with break and entering offences following a brazen burglary and attempted car theft on Brisbane’s southside this morning.
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TWO 13-year-old girls from Slacks Creek were among four Logan juveniles charged by police after a brazen burglary on Brisbane’s southside this morning.
A 12-year-old boy from Logan Central and a 16-year-old male from Slacks Creek were also charged with burglary and entering premises with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Police were called to Methil St, Runcorn, at 2.30am this morning after the four teenagers were disturbed breaking into the a car, which was parked in the driveway.Upper Mount Gravatt police officer-in-charge Snr Sgt Murray Crone said that it “appeared the offenders have climbed into the house via the kitchen window, and stolen the car keys to enter the vehicle”.
“Police were quickly on the scene and with the assistance of the Brisbane Dog Squad, all four offenders were located in a nearby park,” Snr Sgt Crone said.
All four will appear in Brisbane Children’s Court.
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