Police have charged two youths, aged 13 and 14, during a blitz on break and enter offences at Armidale in the state\u2019s New England region.<\/p>\n
Around 1.30am yesterday (Tuesday 24 February), police from the New England Local Area Command pulled over a blue Holden sedan in Kirkwood Street, Armidale.<\/p>\n
The vehicle stop occurred a short time after a reported home break-in nearby Niagara Street.<\/p>\n
When officers searched the car, they allegedly found a number of stolen goods, including mobile phones, stashed under the front passenger seat.<\/p>\n
A 13-year-old youth was arrested and charged with Break, Enter and Steal; and denied bail by a court yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Detectives also travelled to an Armidale address yesterday afternoon and arrested a 14-year-old youth over the alleged possession of house breaking implements in connection with an incident last year.<\/p>\n
That teenager has been charged, refused police bail and ordered to appear in court today.<\/p>\n
The arrests follow the apprehension and charging of a 44-year-old man with the unrelated possession of house breaking implements and prohibited weapons at the weekend.<\/p>\n
Police have announced a crackdown on break and enter offences in the New England area.<\/p>\n
Local Area Commander, Fred Trench, says the three arrests in as many days show police are serious about addressing burglaries in the district.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re pulling out all stops to catch those responsible but we need the community\u2019s help,\u201d Superintendent Trench said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you spot suspicious behaviour in your neighbourhood, tell us about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can also help by ensuring your home is not a tempting target for burglars by reviewing your security measures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about break-in offences in the New England area is urged to contact Armidale Police on (02) 6771 0699 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police have charged two youths, aged 13 and 14, during a blitz on break and enter offences at Armidale in the state\u2019s New England region. Around 1.30am yesterday (Tuesday 24 February), police from the New England Local Area Command pulled over a blue Holden sedan in Kirkwood Street, Armidale. The vehicle stop occurred a short … Continue reading “13-year-old and 14-year-old charged during police burglary operation – Armidale”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tcrn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}