By Victoria Stone-Meadows
A Noble Park teen with suspected Apex gang connections is behind bars after he was arrested over aggravated burglaries and evading police.
He has been sent to the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre after he was arrested by Casey CIU detectives him and a Narre Warren boy.
Police brought 58 separate charges against one of the teens.
Officers captured one of the young crooks when his mother called police after he breached his bail-ordered curfew.
They extracted the other one from an Endeavour Hills home where he was hiding from police.
Casey CIU Detective Senior Constable Angela Butler said Apex members tended to work in groups so it was important that people were vigilant of suspicious behaviour.
“They work in a pack and go around stealing cars and doing daytime burglaries, using the stolen cars to conduct burglaries and evading the police,” she said.
“They don’t care about their victims and don’t care about being out on bail.”
Det Sen Const Butler said police needed people to report suspicious behaviour as soon as they saw it and to not be worried about calling triple zero.
“We need people to come forward and need people to be vigilant about security at their homes,” she said.
“We recommend people increase security because we have victims who are absolutely traumatized by what has happened to them.
“Don’t be afraid to call triple zero and tell police about what you have seen, it’s what we are here for.”
