A BOY aged 14 has been charged with two city burglaries as officers continue to make arrests after a spike in home raids.
The teenage suspect, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with two burglaries in Comer Road and Oldbury Road in St John's in Worcester on the same day.
The 14-year-old has now been bailed to appear in court after breaching his previous bail conditions following the break-ins.
The burglaries were reported on December 5 where two men climbed in through a window but were disturbed and left when challenged.
It is believed the same suspects were involved in another burglary the same evening in Oldbury Road, St John's. They entered via an unlocked door, stole car keys and got in a car but, again, were disturbed by the homeowner and fled without taking the car.
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Meanwhile, in an unconnected case, officers from the Worcester Burglary Team led by officer in the case DC Simon Lloyd worked a 24 hour shift overnight last night and secured a charge and remand to court for a home burglary that took place at Anchor Lane, Harvington, Evesham on the September 30.
Jack Bradley aged 24 of Eckington, Pershore will appear at Cheltenham Magistrates Court later today (Friday) to face the charge.
DI Dave Knight of Proactive CID said 10 people had been arrested in the last 10 days after a rise in burglaries in Worcester including in St John's, Battenhall and Ronkswood.
On December 4, there was an attempted burglary at an address in Ombersley Road followed by another the same day in Albany Terrace.
Further break-ins followed at a vacant property in Battenhall Road.
On December 8 at Oaklands in Worcester, a watch worth thousands was stolen in a further burglary. A burglary also took place in Kilbury Drive in Worcester on December 8 where a rear sliding door was smashed and the victim had a torch shone in his face.
Dan Green, who chased the burglars out of his house, was in bed when three masked men broke into his house at about 7.35pm.
On December 10 homeowners in Hillery Road in Worcester returned to find their kitchen window open and a safe and a large quantity of jewellery had been taken.
A further burglary happened in London Road in Worcester where the front door was forced open and the home searched.
Rian Hart, 22, of Helford Close, Worcester this week admitted stealing £50,000 of jewellery from a home in Hartlebury during a burglary on November 24 and faces sentence for that and a commercial burglary in Stoke Prior in January.
Another 37-year-old male is also on bail for the same burglary in Hartlebury.
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