Seven teens were arrested overnight after allegedly assaulting McDonalds and Uber staff before stealing one of the rideshare driver’s cars.
Queensland Police were called to a Chermside McDonald’s on Hamilton Road in Brisbane around midnight on Friday morning.
Two Uber drivers were allegedly assaulted in the parking lot before one ran inside the restaurant where police say the group followed him and started another fight.
The store manager, a woman in her 20s, and an employee, 19, were also assaulted by the teenagers who then allegedly stole the other Uber driver’s grey Toyota Camry and fled.
Police caught the group in Goodna, 34km south of Chermside, after deploying road spikes on Brisbane Road and chasing them on foot in Bertha Street at 1:40am.
Seven teenagers were arrested in Goodna, Brisbane, in the early hours of Friday morning after they allegedly assaulted two Uber drivers and two McDonald’s staff
Calcifer Gan, who lives next door to the Chermside McDonald’s, said she heard a lot of screeching and shouting before the car took off around midnight.
‘[I heard] people screaming and then a car screeching. Five minutes later there was more screeching and some people yelling and then they were gone again,’ Ms Gan told 9News.
Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus said the Uber drivers and McDonald’s staff only received minor injures and did not require treatment.
After fleeing the scene police chased the teens from Chermside through Clayfield, Nundah and South Brisbane before they eventually attempted fleeing on foot in Goodna.
Police used the dog squad to track down the teens before arresting them.
Queensland Police chased them through several suburbs after the group allegedly stole an Uber driver’s grey Toyota Camry
A 15-year-old Chermside West girl has been charged with armed robbery in company, attempted robbery, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and two counts of common assault.
She was denied bail and was due to appear in a children’s court today.
The other six teenagers, aged between 13 and 15, have been charged with the same offences but were released on bai.
They are due to appear in a children’s court next week.
Meanwhile, another alleged attack involving an Uber driver took place in Melbourne on Friday night.
Victorian Police allege five teenagers were collected by a 62-year-old Point Cook man driving a Mercedes SUV on Cloverdale Road in Tarneit.
Five minutes into the trip police allege one of the teens jumped out of the car, opened the driver’s door and allegedly attacked the driver.
The man was treated in hospital for minor injuries and the teenagers were tracked down by police using the Air Wing and the canine unit to hunt them on foot.
All five offenders are assisting police with inquiries.
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