12-year-old Kingaroy boy among trio arrested for stolen car, police chase
Three children aged 12 to 15 have been charged with multiple offences following a burglary and dramatic police chase in the South Burnett that only ended when police stingers were employed to stop two allegedly stolen cars.
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A 12-year-old boy is among three children charged after police tracked and disabled two stolen vehicles in Murgon early Sunday morning.
A Queensland Police Service spokesman said the incident began around 12.45am when a house on Cowie Drive in Kingaroy was broken into.
The teens allegedly found two sets of car keys inside the home and stole the cars from the carport.
Police tracked the stolen cars from Kingaroy to Murgon, where they deployed stingers about 1.15am.
The vehicles were successfully disabled on Lamb Street in Murgon before the group fled on foot.
Officers chased them to a nearby school, where two juveniles were found hiding under a building and arrested.
A third teenager was arrested shortly after on Lamb Street.
The three youths, all from Kingaroy, have been charged with various offences.
A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy each face charges of entering a dwelling and committing an offence, as well as two counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle at night in company.
A 15-year-old boy faces similar charges, along with an additional charge of obstructing police.
All three have been released on bail and are due to appear before the Kingaroy Children's Court on August 30.
Police believe at least two other suspects remain at large, and investigations are ongoing.
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