Teens face court after alleged vehicle theft

Four teens have been charged with property and traffic-related offences after the alleged theft of a Mercedes Benz from a Cowra home. Police were called to a fail-to-pay at a Cowra service station about 1.30am on Monday 26 May, investigations revealing the vehicle was allegedly stolen a day earlier. The vehicle was located abandoned in bushland at the Erambie Mission, Cowra, and seized for forensic examination, NSW Police said in a statement released to media. Following inquiries, police arrested a 17-year-old, attending a Cowra home at 2.45am Wednesday 28 May. A short time later a 14-year-old boy attended Cowra Police Station and was arrested. The 17-year-old boy was charged with take and drive conveyance without consent of owner, destroy/damage property in company over $5000, harm or attempt to harm a protected animal, break and enter dwelling-house with intent (steal), and breach of bail. The 14-year-old boy was charged with be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner, destroy/damage property in company over $5000, armed with intent commit indictable offence, goods in personal custody suspected being stolen, and breach of bail. Two further arrests - boys aged 17 and 15 - were made on Thursday morning. The second 17-year-old was charged with be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner, and dishonestly obtain property by deception. The 15-year-old boy was charged with be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner. Three boys aged – 17, 15, and 14 – were refused police bail to appear at a children’s court on the Thursday. The other 17-year-old was given conditional bail to appear at a children’s court on Monday 28 July.