Teenage serial bike thief arrested after series of thefts across Portsmouth, Petersfield and Winchester
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The 17-year-old was detained this morning in connection to incidents across Portsmouth, Petersfield and Winchester. On September 2, a boy swiped a number of scratch cards from behind the till of the Co-op in Twyford Avenue, Stamshaw.
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It happened at roughly 8.45pm. A month later, on October 4, an electric bike was stolen from Seager’s Court, Old Portsmouth. Another bicycle was taken in Palmerston Road, Southsea, between 12.10pm and 1.15pm on October 26.
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Hide AdOn the evening of November 10, at 6.30pm, a pedal-cycle was stolen from a property in Nuns Road, Winchester. A police spokeswoman said a male tried to steal another electric bike, but ran away when he was disturbed.
Another bike as lifted from a car roof rack in Chapel Street, Petersfield, at 2pm on November 27. Food products and a bicycle were also snatched from the Twyford Avenue Co-op on Monday. The teenager is in custody.