Two teenagers who breached bail and curfews before allegedly going on a break and enter spree faced Bega Local Court on Tuesday.
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Police allege Justin Anthony Ingram of Goddard Cres, Quakers Hill, and Anthony Cutmore of Moorehead St, Eden, broke into a Quakers Hill home in the early hours of March 8 this year, stealing items, cash and a black Toyota Yaris sedan while the victim slept.
Later that day off-duty police allege they saw the pair in the stolen vehicle in Blacktown, triggering a search.
Police state CCTV footage from March 9 captured 18-year-old Cutmore smashing the glass door of a Cooma petrol station before leaving with 20 cartons of cigarettes.
Police said CCTV footage also showed the pair breaking into the Tura Beach Bakery and allegedly the Asian Pearl Chinese Restaurant, before they were confronted by a witness at the restaurant and fled the scene.
In the following hours Cutmore and 19-year-old Ingram checked into the Sapphire Waters Motor Inn in Merimbula.
When police attended Cutmore’s grandmother’s house on the afternoon of March 10, Cutmore answered the door and was arrested along with Ingram and the stolen car was located on a street near the house.
A search of Cutmore by police located the car keys in his pocket and later forensic tests showed DNA similar to Ingram’s in the driver’s seat.
Police visited Ingram’s mother’s house on the night of March 3 as a part of a curfew check, where they were told he was helping a friend with scaffolding.
Police visited Cutmore’s grandmother’s house in Eden on March 2 after he had failed to report twice at Eden Police Station as part of his bail conditions and were told he was in Sydney.
The pair have pleaded guilty to being involved in the Cooma and Tura Beach Bakery break and enters.
Magistrate Doug Dick adjourned the matter on Tuesday and the pair will face Bega District Court on August 8.
In other court news, a woman accused of stabbing a person inside Bega’s Big W store will face Batemans Bay Local Court on July 11.