Nuneaton 17-year-old boy charged with robbery and theft
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A 17-year-old boy from Nuneaton has been charged with robbery, theft of a bicycle, theft from a shop, and two counts of possession of a blade in public.
He is due to appear in Coventry Magistrates Court today for his first hearing.
This follows a series of events alleged to have taken place on Croft Road in Nuneaton from 14 August to 17 November:
- On 14 August at 7:15pm, a male entered a shop and took a bottle of whisky without paying for it.
- On 31 October at 3:15pm, a bicycle was stolen from a locked courtyard by a young male.
- On 16 November at just before 10pm, a male entered a shop and picked up a bottle of whisky. When confronted by a shop worker, the male threatened them with a blade.
On Queens Road in Nuneaton on 17 November at just past midnight, a male was identified on Queens Road as a suspect in the robbery of 16 November and stopped by police.
During a search, a blade was discovered, and the male was arrested.