Monday, January 31, 2011

Australia - Sydney bikie charged with stealing 12 cars

OFF THE WIRE
 news.ninemsn.com.au
An outlaw motorcycle club member will face court for allegedly stealing 12 cars from a south-western Sydney caryard.
A group of 13 men entered the holding yard on Shepherd Street at Liverpool on February 14 2009 before assaulting three employees.
The men locked one of them in the boot of a car and the others in a separate car.
The group then stole keys from before driving off with a dozen cars.
Police will allege the total estimated value of the stolen vehicles was $500,000.
All 12 of the stolen vehicles have been recovered by police under Strike Force Eastbourne.
At about 9pm (AEDT) on Friday, a 26-year-old man, believed to be a member of Comanchero Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, was arrested at a hotel in Macquarie Street, Sydney.
He was charged with a string of robbery charges as well as resisting arrest and assaulting police.
The 26-year-old was also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to an unrelated matter at Cremorne on March 13, 2010.
He was refused bail and appears in Parramatta Bail Court on saturday