Teens arrested after police pursuit across Melbourne
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Three young boys who led police on a police pursuit across Melbourne’s southern suburbs have been charged.
Police say the teens, two aged 13 and another aged 14, were seen travelling in an allegedly stolen vehicle on the Monash Freeway in Chadstone on Sunday morning.
It was monitored across multiple suburbs until it stopped in Notting Hill just after 3.30pm.
The teens allegedly fled the scene on foot and were arrested a short time later in Clayton.
A 13-year-old Doveton boy was charged with theft of motor vehicle and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
A 13-year-old Hampton Park boy has been charged with aggravated exposure of an emergency services worker to risk by driving, reckless conduct endangering life, theft of motor vehicle, unlicensed driving and dangerous driving whilst being pursued by police.
A 14-year-old Dandenong boy was charged with theft of motor vehicle.
They’ve been bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date.
– AAP