Police arrest two over late night crime spree, hunt for third

A manhunt is under way to catch a man who led police on a pursuit through Oakey and fled after crashing a stolen 4WD into an Oakey home.

Police have arrested two people and are searching for a third after they crashed a stolen 4WD into a Oakey home overnight.

An Oakey father is thankful his teenage son was awake and watching TV at 3am when three adults crashed a stolen 4WD through his bedroom window.

The boy escaped uninjured after he was alerted moments before the crash by nearby lights and sirens.

“We were in bed, and we heard the sirens,” dad Wayne Halliday said.

Mr Halliday got up to see what the commotion was when the 4WD rammed through the front of his home.

“It was like a disaster zone,” he said.

“There were fence posts scattered everywhere.”

The collision damaged the brick wall and shattered a window.

“I am pretty annoyed, but what can you do,” Mr Halliday said.

“I am just glad my kids are okay.”

A young boy’s window was shattered when thieves crashed a stolen car into his home.

The police advised Mr Halliday and his family to stay in their home while they took two offenders into custody and started searching for a third.

It was a dramatic end to the night of mischief for the trio.

Toowoomba Detective Acting-Senior Sergeant John Cunningham said the trio was alleged to have stolen the 4WD from an address in Raff St, North Toowoomba in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

It was later observed in a fuel drive-off at a Charlton service station on the Warrego Highway about 1.55am.

Police conducted extensive patrols for the vehicle in Charlton, Kingsthorpe and Oakey before locating it travelling westbound on 4AK Road towards Oakey.

A police pursuit came to swift end when alleged thieves crashed s stolen 4WD into an Oakey home.

They laid road spikes on 4AK Road and successfully deflated the 4WD’s tyres, but the vehicle failed to stop and a police pursuit commenced.

Police will further allege the stolen 4WD failed to negotiate a bend at the intersection with Hamlyn Road and crashed into Mr Halliday’s house, causing significant damage.

The three occupants of the vehicle, two men and one woman, fled on foot with police apprehending two 18-year-olds soon after.

An 18-year-old Chinchilla man was arrested and charged with eight offences including dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, unlicensed driving, burglary and commit an indictable offence, stealing, receiving tainted property and contravening a domestic violence order. He was denied police bail and is due to appear in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court today.

An 18-year-old Toowoomba woman was charged with burglary and commit an indictable offence, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, stealing and receiving tainted property. She was granted police bail and is due in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on September 6.

Police investigations are continuing.

The second male remains on the loose.