A teenager will be appearing in court today (Saturday 21 June 2014) after an alleged assault and damage to a train in the Blue Mountains yesterday. About 7.55pm yesterday (Friday 20 June 2014) eight youths boarded a train at Hazelbrook. Witnesses have told police two members of the group were using implements to scratch the surfaces of windows in a carriage. Plain clothes police from the Police Transport Command Transport Action Group arrested two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, removing them from the train. Further inquiries revealed the 15-year-old had been involved in a incident at Blackheath earlier that night involving the alleged assault of a 61-year-old man. The 15-year-old boy was charged with assault, breach bail, use offensive language, transport related and malicious damage offences. He was refused bail and will appear in children’s court today (Saturday 21 June 2014). A 16-year-old boy was issued a number of infringement notices for transport related offences. Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://www1.police.nsw.gov.au/. Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 03:29:00 +0000
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