The car was allegedly stolen from a property on Ortella Street. Photo: Oliver Jacques.
A Griffith man fled on foot after officers stopped a stolen vehicle linked to an earlier home break-in, police allege.
Police allege a 36-year-old Griffith man and a 48-year-old Griffith woman were travelling in a stolen vehicle when it was stopped by officers on Middleton Avenue in South Griffith at about 9 am on Wednesday (27 May).
Officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District arrested the pair following the stop.
Police allege the vehicle was stolen earlier that morning after a home was broken into on Ortella Street in North Griffith.
According to police, the 36-year-old man ran from the vehicle and was arrested following a short foot pursuit.
The 48-year-old woman was arrested while seated inside the vehicle.
Both were taken to Griffith Police Station.
The man was charged with goods in custody, driving a conveyance taken without the owner’s consent, driving while disqualified, intimidating a police officer and resisting an officer in the execution of duty.
He was granted conditional bail and is due to appear before Griffith Local Court on 10 June.
The woman was charged with goods in custody, intimidating a police officer, being carried in a conveyance taken without the owner’s consent and resisting an officer in the execution of duty.
She was granted conditional bail and is due to appear before Griffith Local Court on 24 June.
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