Banyule Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a teenager following an alleged car-jacking incident in Diamond Creek over the weekend.
A 16-year-old Watsonia girl has been charged with carjacking, assaulting a police officer, possession of drugs and other driving offences.
It is alleged a woman was driving a vehicle on Bruce Street, before allegedly being stopped by a teenager who was armed with a weapon about 9.40pm on Sunday, 21 August.
Police were told the girl stole the vehicle and fled the scene in the car.
The allegedly stolen car was involved in a single vehicle crash a short time later on Diamond Creek Road, where the 16-year-old girl was arrested.
She will appear at a Children's Court at a later date.
/Public Release. This material from the originating organization/author(s) might be of the point-in-time nature, and edited for clarity, style and length. Mirage.News does not take institutional positions or sides, and all views, positions, and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s).View in full here.
