Overview
- Four youths were arrested after police linked them to a series of alleged thefts at gyms across Melbourne.
- Investigators say the group used stolen access fobs to enter facilities and search members’ belongings for car keys.
- Police allege the spree began Friday with car keys taken at a Port Melbourne gym before a gold Subaru Liberty was stolen from a Nunawading gym.
- Officers spotted the Subaru early Saturday, followed it from Reservoir to Richmond, attempted an interception, and later found it dumped near Lennox Street and Rowena Parade.
- An 18-year-old from Albert Park faces burglary, theft, reckless conduct and bail offences and was refused bail, while three other boys were charged and bailed to appear in a children’s court.