Highway spike trap ends teen crime spree

A TRIO’S month-long crime spree ended after police used a spike trap to slow a BMW that the teenagers had stolen from a Bridget St home in Middle Ridge.

The boys broke into the home in the early hours of Monday morning, stole the BMW’s keys and drove the vehicle to Brisbane.

On Tuesday, police observed the BMW driving dangerously on the Ipswich Motorway at Oxley.

Concerned for public safety, police deployed road spikes to slow the car near the Tallegalla Two Tree Hill Rd and Warrego Highway intersection at Marburg, about noon.

The teens did not stop, despite the deflated tyres.

They drove on the car’s bare rims to Weier Rd at Hatton Vale, where they were taken into custody without incident.

Police charged the teens with a raft of property offences linked to recent burglaries in Toowoomba and Ipswich.

Police allege the boys broke into an East Toowoomba home in early September and stole a black Mercedes Benz.

QPS officers observed the vehicle at Ipswich and deployed road spikes to stop it, however the teens fled the scene and remained at large.

They are also linked to the burglary of a Chuwar home in August where they stole a Mitsubishi Lancer.

Two of the boys appeared in the Toowoomba Children’s Court yesterday to face charges including burglary, break and enter and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

One pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on October 1, while a second will return to court on November 12. Both will be held in custody. The third will front the Children’s Court today.