By Victoria Stone-Meadows
A 14-year-old boy from Berwick has been arrested following an armed robbery at a Foodworks supermarket about 11am Monday, 1 May.
Wearing a white mask and armed with a large kitchen knife, the boy entered the Bemersyde Drive store in Berwick and demanded the shop attendant hand over the cash in the till.
The shop attendant complied and handed over just under $350 in cash to the young robber before he fled the store.
Police were quickly called to the scene, and the boy was located a short time later at a house in the area.
Police took the boy into custody, and have charged him with armed robbery and theft.
He will face the children’s court at a later date, but police are applying to keep him remanded in custody until his court appearance.
Investigators from the Casey Crime Investigation Unit believe the young robber does not have any gang affiliations.
