A teen will face court today after an investigation into aggravated break and enter and stolen vehicle offences in the state's west.
About 5am on Friday 7 October 2022, emergency services were called to an oval on Moad Street, Orange, following reports an SUV was on fire.
Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the blaze; however, the SUV was destroyed.
Officers attached to Central West Police District established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Following inquiries, police established the SUV was allegedly stolen from a home on Lombardy Way, Orange, on Thursday 6 October 2022.
Police will allege it was then used in aggravated break and enters at service stations on Adelaide Street, Blayney, and Mitchell Highway, Lucknow, in the early hours of Friday 7 October 2022.
About 3pm on Friday 7 October 2022, officers attended a home at Orange where they arrested a 17-year-old boy.
He was taken to Orange Police Station where he was charged with be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner, aggravated break and enter dwelling etc in company steal (two counts), damage property by fire/explosion, and possess prohibited drug.
The teen was refused bail and appeared at a Children's Court on Saturday 8 October 2022, where he was again refused bail to appear at a Children's Court today (Monday 10 October 2022).
