POLICE have charged a 16-year-old boy over the alleged theft of a handbag from a car after he and another boy had washed its windscreen at traffic lights.
Police say that at about 11am last Tuesday a woman was stopped at the traffic lights at the corner of Wright Street and Orrong Road.
Two boys approached her vehicle and started washing the windscreen.
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READ NOWPolice allege one of the boys opened the passenger side door and stole a handbag before running from the area.
The bag was recovered by a member of public and returned to the woman.
A 16-year-old boy from Cloverdale has been charged with one count of stealing and he is due to appear in Perth Children’s Court on Friday July 12.
He was also issued a juvenile caution over the window washing.
A 13-year-old boy from Kewdale also received a juvenile caution over the window washing.