A teenage boy was due to appear in a children’s court on Monday charged after a family was allegedly threatened and their SUV stolen at Moree at the weekend.
Officers attached to New England Police District have been told a 33-year-old woman was asleep in a hotel on Warialda Street with her two young children when four people allegedly forced their way into the room shortly after midnight on Sunday, November 3.
Police have been told the woman was threatened by a youth allegedly armed with a knife before her handbag was stolen. The group then left in her SUV.
Police established a crime scene and commenced investigations.
Following inquiries, police arrested a 14-year-old boy in Moree shortly after 11pm.
He was taken to Moree Police Station where he has been charged with two offences – aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence (while) armed, and commit a 154A offence and disseminate.
The boy has also been charged with breach of bail.
He was refused bail to appear in a children’s court on Monday, November 4.
The SUV was recovered in Anne Street, Moree.
Inquiries are continuing into the identity of the other people allegedly involved.
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