The two teenagers were scheduled to face the ACT Children’s Court on Monday. Photo: Albert McKnight.
Police have charged a pair of teenagers after an investigation into two alleged robberies in south Canberra that involved the use of a knife and the theft of cash, vapes and cigarettes.
The two teens, a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, were scheduled to appear in the ACT Children’s Court on Monday (18 November).
ACT Policing alleged the pair went into a shop in Phillip on 28 October 2024, where the boy pulled out a knife and made demands to the shop assistant before he stole a number of vapes and fled on foot.
Police then alleged that around 5:30 pm on Saturday (16 November), the boy went into a shop in Mawson, pointed a knife towards the shop assistant and threatened to kill them.
He allegedly fled on foot with cash and cigarettes.
“Police arrived shortly after and observed the 16-year-old girl standing in the vicinity of the store,” a police spokesperson said.
“Police recognised her as one of the alleged offenders from the October incident and arrested her.”
A short time later, police heard the boy was at a nearby shop in Phillip.
When officers arrived, they allegedly found him with a number of stolen items.
The boy has been charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, as well as making threats to kill, while the girl has been charged with two counts of aiding and abetting an aggravated robbery.
The pair legally cannot be named due to their ages.
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