13, 14 And 16-Year-Old Charged Following Ryde Thefts

Thursday, 17 November 2022 12:06

By Oliver Dyer @olidyer

Three teenagers have been charged following a spate of thefts in Ryde.

A 14-year-old, a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old have all been bailed to appear at the Isle of Wight Youth Court on December 21.

The incidents are said to have happened between September and November.

The charges follows an investigation by the Ryde Neighbourhoods Policing Team (NPT). They are as follows:

A 14-year-old boy from Sandown was charged with 6 counts of theft from a shop, relating to £303.50 worth of alcohol and a hotdog stolen between October 31 and November 10 from Co-op on Anglesea Street.
A 13-year-old boy from Ryde was charged with 8 counts of theft from a shop, relating to £408 worth of alcohol and some food stolen from Co-op on Anglesea Street between October 31 and November 10. He was also charged with possessing cannabis on September 15, and using threatening or abusive words/behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, at the Anglesea Street Co-op on September 29.

The 13-year-old had also previously been charged with offences, on November 2, along with a third teenager.

The 13-year-old boy was charged with:

Burglary at WHSmith on Ryde High Street, on September 25. £147 worth of E-cigarettes were reported stolen from behind the till area.
Using threatening or abusive words/behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, at WHSmith on Ryde High Street on September 26.
Causing a nuisance/disturbance on school premises on October 3.
Theft of £32 worth of alcohol from Anglesea Street Co-op on October 5.
Assault by beating – relating to the alleged assault of a woman in her 50s at WHSmith on Ryde High Street, on October 5.
Burglary at WHSmith on Ryde High Street, on October 5. An unknown value of vape products were stolen from behind the till area.
Criminal damage to books and a carpet at WHSmith on Ryde High Street on October 5.
Harassment – relating to a course of conduct against WHSmith staff on Ryde High Street between September 26 and October 5.

A 16-year-old boy from Ryde was charged with:

Burglary at WHSmith on Ryde High Street, on September 25. £147 worth of E-cigarettes were reported stolen from behind the till area.
Theft of £32 worth of alcohol from Anglesea Street Co-op on October 5