LATEST @ November 5 | Three teenage boys have now been charged over a brazen crime spree across the Gold Coast.
The trio is alleged to have attempted to break into a home on Finke Street in Upper Coomera around 2am on Tuesday armed with knives and bats, before fleeing in a white Audi TT and a blue Mazda CX5 after being disturbed by a 21-year-old male resident.
The group is then alleged to have tried to break into another home on Dobell Avenue at Paradise Point but were also disturbed by a 59-year-old male resident and fled the scene.
The teens were taken down in Bundall around 3.40am after police deployed tyre spikes.
The 15-year-old Inala boy, 15-year-old Salisbury boy and 16-year-old Park Ridge boy have since been charged with one count each of enter dwelling and commit and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
They appeared in Southport Magistrates Court yesterday.
Investigations are ongoing, with the second stolen vehicle and its driver still on the run.
EARLIER @ November 4 | Three teenagers have been arrested following a brazen crime spree across the Gold Coast.
Police were called to Paradise Point around 2.40am on Tuesday, following reports a group of people had attempted to break into a home on Dobell Avenue allegedly armed with knives and bats.
The 59-year-old male resident confronted the group who verbally threatened the man, before fleeing the scene in two separate vehicles, a white Audi TT and a Mazda CX5.
The white Audi was spotted travelling westbound on Brisbane Road at Arundel a short time later, where police deployed tyre spikes, but the Audi avoided the device, striking a Ford F250 before driving off.
Around 3.30am, the blue Mazda CX5 was sighted in Bundall where more tyre spikes were deployed on Salerno Street, with the vehicle being dumped nearby at Bundall Road.
The Dog Squad was called in to help track down the occupants, with two 15-year-old boys and a 16-year-old boy taken into custody.
The white Audi remains at large, with a search now underway for the vehicle and its occupants.
Charges are yet to be laid, with investigations ongoing.
