A Warilla teen will face a children’s court after he was charged with a series of property offences. Photo: Frogman1484.
A teenager has been charged with multiple offences following a number of alleged break and enters across the Illawarra.
There has been a recent increase in break and enter offences in Kiama and Bombo, a NSW Police spokesperson alleged, and in February 2026, Lake Illawarra Police District Anti-theft Unit began to investigate.
As a result of those investigations, at about 10 am on Tuesday 3 March officers attended a home in Warilla.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested and taken to Lake Illawarra Police Station.
“Police will allege in court the teenager was involved in a number of break and enters at homes between February and March 2026 where a number of items were stolen including e-bikes and e-bike chargers,” the NSW Police spokesperson said.
The boy was charged with eight offences.
These included having goods in his personal custody suspected of being stolen, two counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception, aggravated break and enter dwelling in company and steal less than or equal to $60,000, dispose of stolen property worth greater than $5000, aggravated break and enter with intent while knowing a person is there, larceny and shoplifting.
The boy was refused bail and appeared in a children’s court on Tuesday 3 March where he was formally refused bail to reappear in the same court on Tuesday 10 March.
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