Mother of teenager who was 'busted during crime spree' says she’s glad her son was caught by vigilante residents
- Mother of teen allegedly involved in crime spree said she's glad son was caught
- Boys aged 13 and 14 allegedly tried to break into cars in early hours of Friday
- The trio were pinned to the ground by eight locals, some holding baseball bats
- Mother apologised online to south Brisbane estate for son's alleged actions
- 'I’m all for the fact he got a hiding - if it was my car I would do the same,' she said
The mother of a teenager whose alleged crime spree was stopped in its tracks by a group of residents has said she is glad her son was caught and pinned to the ground.
Three boys, two aged 13 and the other 14 years old, allegedly tried to break into six cars at Logan Reserve in south Brisbane at about 12.15am on Friday.
A group of eight fed-up locals - four of them carrying baseball bats - sprang into action after an alert was raised in the community's Facebook group, pinning the accused car thieves to the ground while they waited for police.
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A teenager is pictured after allegedly carrying out a crime spree along with two others in Logan Reserve in Brisbane's south on Friday
One of the teenage boys, aged between 13 and 14, who was pinned down by a group of eight fed-up locals alerted to the alleged crime spree on a community Facebook group
Officers allegedly found stolen wallets and a watch when they searched the boys, before releasing them without charge. Queensland Police are still investigating.
Posting anonymously through the Crime Watch Logan Facebook page, one of the boys' mothers said she had thought her son was asleep at the the time of the alleged spree.
'He has never been in trouble before and the other two boys came to my house to get him out,' she said.
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'I’m beside myself questioning myself. He is going to be punished at home. I’m all for the fact he got a hiding etc - hey if it was my car I would do the same.
'But please note he has never been in trouble he’s normally a good kid and won’t see day light in a long time. Sorry to everyone in that estate.'
One resident who caught the boys, Henry Stowers, told 9News he had approached the teenagers after they had jumped a fence, but did not use his bat and only brought it as a warning.
'I was just playing a bit of Fortnite with my little cousins and then at midnight the page went off,' he said.
One of the boys' mothers said she would be punishing her son at home in an anonymous post to the local Crime Watch Logan Facebook page
Officers allegedly found stolen wallets and a watch when they searched the boys. Queensland Police are still investigating
Eight men - four of them holding baseball bats - confronted the group of teenagers in south Brisbane after a concerned neighbour messaged the community's Facebook group
Pictured: CCTV of the alleged crime spree. Queensland Police released them without charge and an investigation is ongoing
'I walked up to them with the bat, they went straight to ground with their hands in the air,' Mr Stowers said.
Mr Stowers said he did not use the metal bat on the boys and only brought it as a precaution.
'They feared for their life, they started shaking and said they were never going to do this again. I guess if you saw eight boys around you you'd do the same thing,' he explained.
Mr Stowers said the teenagers fell from the fence, causing one boy to suffer cuts and giving another minor bruises.
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