Update: Robbery, Mount Ommaney

Police have charged a boy following a robbery that occurred at Mount Ommaney on April 11.

Around 5.15pm, a woman who was sitting in her car in a shopping centre car park on Dandenong Road was approached by a boy.

It will be alleged that he engaged the woman in conversation before attempting to grab the woman’s handbag.

It will be further alleged that a brief struggle followed during which the woman sustained an injury to her arm.

A 15-year-old Acacia Ridge boy has been charged with one count of robbery and will be dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justices Act.

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