A 16-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly stealing alcohol from a High Street store in Wallan on Saturday night.At 6.25pm, a good samaritan chased down the boy with the stolen alcohol, before allegedly getting threatened at knifepoint.The boy then fled on foot and was later arrested at a residence in the Mitchell Shire area.The teenager was charged with...
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