Police have arrested two wanted 14-year-olds after they were caught driving a stolen car in St Clair.
About 12.30pm on Monday, August 3 police received information that a stolen vehicle was travelling on the M4 from Blacktown to Penrith.
PolAir was activated and tracked the vehicle, locating it in Reddington Avenue, St Clair with no persons on board.
Inquiries revealed that five youths had exited the vehicle and fled to a nearby residence.
Two 14-year-old males who were allegedly involved were wanted for previous aggravated break and enter offences.
Police from Nepean, Mt Druitt and Blacktown established a perimeter around a Leicester Way, St Clair address.
All young persons were arrested.
A 14-year-old Toongabbie youth was charged with ‘aggravated break and enter’ and ‘commit serious indictable offence – armed’, two counts of ‘take and drive conveyance without consent of owner’ and two counts of ‘never licensed person drive vehicle on road’.
He was also charged with ‘be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner’, ‘stalk/intimidate intend fear physical harm’ and ‘common assault’.
The 14-year-old Auburn youth was charged with ‘stalk/intimidate intend fear physical harm’ and ‘be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner’.
Both are to appear in a children’s court at a later date.
The other three youths are yet to be interviewed.
A graduate of Western Sydney University, Nicola Barton is a news journalist with the Western Weekender, primarily covering crime and politics.
