Police yesterday charged a 17-year-old boy with two armed robberies that occurred in Everton Park earlier this month.
It will be alleged on June 11 a teenager entered a South Pine Road bottle shop at 8.45pm and threatened the staff member with a knife demanding money. The boy took cash from the till before running from the store. The 25-year-old female staff member was not physically injured during the incident.
It will be further alleged on June 14 a teenager has entered a tobacco store on South Pine Road around 3.45pm and threatened a male staff member with a knife before running from the store with a sum of cash. The 42-year-old male staff member was not physically injured.
It will be further alleged that the boy had stolen alcohol from the Everton Park store on three occasions in May.
Yesterday a 17-year-old Everton Park boy handed himself into the Wynnum Police Station and