Teens charged after handbags snatched

FOUR teenagers have been charged with a string of offences after three women were allegedly assaulted and robbed on Sunday.

Four teenagers have been charged after three handbags were snatched.

FOUR teenagers have been charged with a string of offences after three women were allegedly assaulted and robbed on Sunday.

Two males aged 17 and 15, and two girls aged 16 were arrested at Underwood after police stopped a white car, believed to have been stolen from Cannon Hill, on Sunday around 12.20pm.

Police claimed a woman had her handbag stolen when a female passenger jumped out of a white sedan and grabbed it around 10.45am on Compton Road at Sunnybank Hills.

The woman was not physically injured.

About 10 minutes later, a woman was assaulted and robbed at a bus stop on Algester Road, Algester, when a male passenger of a white car jumped out and grabbed her handbag.

The woman was pushed to the ground. Police said she was not physically injured.

A short time later, before 12pm, a woman was assaulted and robbed on Pinelands Road, Sunnybank, after getting off a bus.

She was injured and taken to hospital for treatment for non-life threatening injuries.

All three victims were believed to be aged in their 20s.

The 17-year-old Logan Central teenager was charged with 11 offences related to theft of a car, breaking and entering and stealing.

He is due to appear in the Richlands Magistrates Court today, Monday, December 5.

A 15-year-old Kingston boy was charged with six offences and a 16-year-old Southport girl with seven offences, related to the theft of a car and armed robbery.

A 16-year-old Upper Coomera girl was charged with eight offences, including unlawful use of a motor vehicle, armed robbery, burglary, attempted armed robbery, stealing and breaking into a property.

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