Police have charged three people following the alleged armed robbery of a man in Young last week. Photo: NSW Police.
Two teenage boys and a 19-year-old man have been charged following the alleged armed robbery of a man in Young last week.
Police allege the incident occurred about 10:30 pm on Tuesday (26 May) when a 48-year-old man arranged to meet another person at Carrington Park in Caple Street.
According to police, a group of people approached the man, who then ran towards Campbell Street before he was allegedly confronted by two 17-year-old boys in Dundas Street.
Police allege one of the teenagers produced a knife and threatened the man before the pair assaulted and robbed him.
The man escaped and the group allegedly left the scene in several vehicles, including the victim’s car.
The 48-year-old sustained grazes and bruising and later attended Young Police Station to report the incident.
Officers attached to the Hume Police District later located the allegedly stolen vehicle before finding four people at a service station in Zouch Street, Young.
Police will allege one of the young people used the man’s credit card before the group was arrested and taken to Young Police Station.
A 17-year-old boy was charged with robbery in company, take and drive conveyance without consent of owner, dishonestly obtain property by deception and drive motor vehicle while licence suspended.
He appeared before a children’s court on Wednesday (27 May), where he was formally refused bail to reappear on Tuesday, 2 June.
A 19-year-old man was charged with be carried in conveyance without consent and granted conditional bail to appear before Young Local Court on Wednesday, 3 June.
Two 17-year-old girls were dealt with under the Young Offenders Act for be carried in conveyance without consent.
Following further inquiries, police arrested a second 17-year-old boy at a home in Young on Thursday (28 May).
At the home, police allegedly located and seized a knife believed to have been used during the robbery.
The teenager was charged with robbery armed with an offensive weapon.
He appeared before a children’s court on Friday (29 May), where he was granted conditional bail to reappear on Wednesday, 22 July.
