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A teenager has been arrested after an elderly couple in their 80s reported having their bag and bank card stolen.<\/p>\nWest Midlands Police officers were called to reports of a man and woman having a bag and bank card stolenA teenager has been arrested after an elderly couple in their 80s reported having their bag and bank card stolen.<\/p>\n
A teenager was arrested after a couple reported their bag and bank card stolen.<\/p>\n
West Midlands Police<\/a> said a 17-year-old was detained in connection with the robbery in Bournville.<\/p>\n Officers were called to the scene just before 5.15pm yesterday, Thursday June 26.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Major update on Birmingham city centre shelter as ‘new way’ confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n We need to talk about knife crime<\/p>\n Kids aged 12 are being killed here in Birmingham. Our children need action, and they need it now.<\/p>\n We’ve spent three months investigating the root causes of knife crime to understand the risks our kids face.<\/p>\n We spent time with those on the front line for our exclusive report, Deep Cuts. Read here<\/a> to see exactly why we’re pushing for these changes:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Free <\/strong>after-school clubs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n When school ends, kids become vulnerable to the streets<\/p>\n 2. More talk<\/strong><\/p>\n Would you know if your child was being exploited by a gang?<\/p>\n 3. Social media controls<\/strong><\/p>\n Violence. Gangs. Bullying. Kids need shielding from the online dangers4. Tougher sentences for knife possession<\/strong><\/p>\n There has to be a deterrent for young people5.<\/strong> Real punishment for weapon sellers<\/strong><\/p>\n Unlimited fines for those selling knives to underage kids<\/p>\n The teen was arrested on suspicion of robbery on Heath Road.<\/p>\n He remained in custody for questioning.<\/p>\n A West Midlands Police spokesperson said on June 27: “We have arrested a teenage boy in connection with a robbery in Bournville, Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n “We were called after a man and woman in their 80s reported a handbag and bank card being stolen.<\/p>\n “Following quick-time enquiries, we found that an attempt was made to use the bank card at a shop in Linden Road.<\/p>\n “Our response officers managed to quickly identify a suspect and we were able to trace him thanks to information from a member of the public.<\/p>\n “A 17-year-old boy was arrested in Heath Road on suspicion of robbery.<\/p>\n “He remains in custody for questioning.”<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to sign up for breaking updates about the biggest stories in the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you prefer reading our stories on your phone, consider downloading the BirminghamLive app. You can get it from Apple here<\/a> and for Android here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police officers were called to reports of a man and woman having a bag and bank…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-220245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114758784537818993","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}