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A teenager arrested for allegedly driving a stolen Land-Cruiser and chasing police with it in a remote Northern Territory community was on bail at the time for car theft and was recently sentenced for his involvement in three extra stolen car incidents.
It can be revealed the 19-year-old was bailed by a Territory judge less than a month ago for his involvement in an alleged car theft in 2024 for which he is still before the courts, and he had also pleaded guilty to three other 2023 incidents involving car thefts.
The 19-year-old and a 21-year-old were both remanded in custody on Monday after they were arrested at the weekend, charged with chasing police in a stolen Toyota flat-bed Land-Cruiser in a remote community more than 350km from Darwin.
The men are accused of rear-ending the fleeing police car, and have been charged with 14 and 12 offences respectively, including driving a motor vehicle without consent, endanger occupants of vehicles, assault member of police force, drive motor vehicle while unlicensed and breach of bail.
The 19-year-old was also charged with going armed in public, damage to property, failing to obey the direction of a police officer and failing to display L-plates.
He was given bail by Territory judge Stephen Geary on March 19 after being charged with multiple counts of driving a motor vehicle without consent, aggravated robbery, failure to obey direction of police, aggravated recklessly endangering serious harm, damage to property, theft and trespass.
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