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A 15-year-old boy being held on a slew of stolen vehicle charges has become the first person charged under NSW's so-called 'posting and boasting' laws.
A man, 18, has also been charged with the fresh crime after being arrested twice in one day following the theft of luxury vehicles - including a Ferrari - from a home at Dural, in Sydney's north-west.
The boy prepares to face Parramatta Children's Court on Tuesday after he was denied bail on Saturday on dozens of charges.
He was the first person charged in NSW with a new performance crime offence created in March as part of a suite of changes targeting youth offenders.
The teen was also charged with 15 counts of breaking and entering, 14 offences relating to alleged vehicle thefts and breaching bail.
He was arrested on Friday along with a 17-year-old boy and and the 18-year-old man.
Two teens have become the first to be charged under NSW's 'post and boast' laws. Pictured is a Ferrari allegedly stolen from a home at Dural, in Sydney's north-west
The ritzy Sydney suburb of Point Piper (pictured) has been rocked by a string of car thefts earlier this year
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The older boy is being held on charges of aggravated breaking, entering and stealing, and being carried in a conveyance without consent.
The trio were arrested after a Mazda SUV was stolen from Constitution Hill, in Sydney's western suburbs, before a brief pursuit at Prospect.
A police helicopter and the dog squad tracked the trio down in bushland at Northmead, near where the car was abandoned.
Days earlier, a BMW sedan and a
