Eastern Region Crime Squad detectives have charged a teenager following four armed robberies in the south-eastern suburbs on Saturday.
The charges follow a spate of armed robberies in Cheltenham, Brighton, Mount Waverley, and Camberwell, including:
• a business on Bernard Street, Cheltenham about 3.50pm on 15 June, where police will allege the group assaulted one staff member before fleeing with cash and cigarettes in a white Mercedes.
• a business on Cochrane Street, Brighton, where officers were told the group made demands for cash and cigarettes before assaulting three employees, who were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
• a business on Andrew Street in Mount Waverley just after 6pm where allegedly, the trio produced a knife and stole cigarettes, before fleeing in the Mercedes.
• a business on Through Road in Camberwell just before 6.30pm where police will allege the trio again produced a knife and fled the scene with cash and cigarettes.
Officers believe the white Mercedes was stolen from a property on Newlands Crescent, Doncaster East on 7 June.
A 14-year-old Seymour boy has been charged with:
• 4 x armed robbery
• 2 x attempted burglary
• attempted theft
• burglary
• theft
• criminal damage
• theft of motor vehicle
• possess imitation firearm.
He will face a children’s court later today.
The investigation remains ongoing, and further arrests are expected to be made.
