Appeal for information after series of incidents in Thornaby overnight
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Police are appealing for information following incidents across Thornaby last night, Wednesday 9th August, between 10.30pm and 5am this morning, Thursday 10th August.
A number of males wearing balaclavas, travelled in 4x4 vehicles to addresses across Thornaby, smashing windows and damaging cars with bats and poles.
Addresses in Queens Avenue, Avon Close, Beechwood Road, Hazel Grove, Shetland Avenue, Heslop Street and Victor Way were targeted.
The males forced their way into one of the properties on Queens Avenue, at around 10.30pm, searching the house and stealing a mobile phone.
The property on Avon close was targeted soon after, at around 10.40pm, with eight people arriving in two 4x4 vehicles and smashing windows at the address.
At around 10:50pm, an address on Hazel Grove was targeted with windows smashed.
Shortly before 11pm, two vehicles and a motorbike pulled up at an address on Beechwood Road, before men in balaclavas got out and smashed the windows and doors of the house with baseball bats.
At 2am, seven men wearing black tracksuits and balaclavas, got out of three vehicles on Heslop Street and smashed the windows to a house before causing damage to three vehicles.
A Nissan Terrano at the rear of Victor Way was set alight at around 5am this morning. Men are believed to have travelled to this address in a red 4x4.
A 32-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy were arrested in connection with the incidents and remain in police custody.
Any witnesses, or anyone with CCTV, ring doorbell footage or dashcam footage is asked to call 101 quoting reference SE23158081.
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