Uber used as getaway car by teen criminal in Brunswick West
Police have arrested an 18-year-old after intercepting an Uber which was carrying a man believed to have robbed a Brunswick West home on Saturday morning.
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A teen who allegedly robbed a Brunswick West home as a woman slept caught an Uber from the scene of the crime.
The victim woke to find a man in the lounge room of her house on Albion Rd, about 4.30am.
He allegedly stole electronic items and fled as the woman, who was uninjured, called police.
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Officers searching the streets stopped an Uber with a male passenger, who ran from police and left alleged stolen electronics in the car.
Police soon found the 18-year-old man from Brunswick hiding at a school nearby.
The teen was charged with aggravated burglary and theft.
He was bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on January 21.