Boys, aged 10 to 15, charged for breaking into school, stealing mini bus and car

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Australian police have arrested and charged five juveniles for allegedly breaking into a high school and stealing two vehicles.

The alleged break-in and vehicle theft happened in a high school in Tarcoon Street in the town of Bourke, around 12 a.m. of Dec. 24, according to the New South Wales Police Force on the same day.

The boys supposedly took the school’s mini bus as well as a small hatchback, which were driven a hundred kilometers away in the town of Brewarrina. The police did not mention the name of the school.

“The vehicles returned to Bourke about 4 a.m., where the car was found alight; the [mini bus] was also found with some damage about 6:40 a.m. The hatch was destroyed,” the police reported.

Officers of the Central North Police District have arrested the five boys, ranging from 10 to 15 years old. The boys have been refused bail and were scheduled to appear in a children’s court on Christmas Day.

The boys were charged with 14 offenses in total, including destroying property with company by means of fire; taking and driving conveyance without the owner’s consent; and offenses of aggravated breaking and entering, among others. JB

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