A 19-year-old man who boasted to friends that police had no hope of catching him because he was "too good" will spend nine months in jail.
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Heath Alexander Carter went on a spree of car thefts last year.
He pleaded guilty to four counts of motor vehicle stealing, a count of evading police, driving without a licence and two counts of computer related fraud.
Prosecutor Kelly Brown told the court that Carter's DNA was found in the stolen motor vehicles-three of which were Ford Couriers.
On July 23 a blue Ford courier was stolen from a car park.
When police saw the vehicle they tried to intercept but he drove erratically away from them and failed to stop.
Half an hour later police located the van in Allwinton court Waverley. A forensic examination found a high grade DNA match to Carter.
When he was arrested in August police searched his phone and found text messages sent on the day of the evade.
"They had not hope of catching me, I'm too good, LOL ... red and blue lights chasing me...still stuck in Waverley," messages said.
On August 3 a white Ford Courier was stolen from the Elizabeth street car park.
The owner saw it being driven out of the car park and ran to George St to intercept it.
There were two males in the car with the driver being described as a "scrawny male" of about 19 or 20 years of age.
A forensic examination found a pair if scissors in the ignition and a DNA match to Carter.
On August 8 police spotted Carter and a second man in Ravenswood.
When he saw police he fled on foot and threw a backpack over a fence.
Inside was a 12 gauge shotgun cartridge, a firearm, scissors, a black Iphone and a glass smoking device.
On December 4 a white Ford Courier was stolen from Kings Meadows but found the next day.
It also had a high grade DNA match to Carter.
On December 21 a vehicle was reported missing from Newnham and the owner reported a Bankcard stolen.
CCTV from BP Newnham captured Carter using the card to buy cigarettes and drinks worth $96.
He was arrested on January 17, 2022.
Ms Brown applied for a breach of a 10 week suspended sentence.
A Department of Community Corrections officer applied for a breach of a Community Corrections order which Carter received on August 30, 2021 last year for possession of a stolen and shortened firearm. which was traced back to a robbery in Golconda.
"He was released on November 23, 2021 and reoffended and failed to report," the officer told Magistrate Ken Stanton.
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Defence counsel Beri Kurdistan did not object to the activation of the suspended sentence.
She said Carter had a poor history which included spells at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
She said Carter had criminal associates which he needed to remove himself from.
She asked that some of the sentences be concurrent-overlapping so they amounted to a lesser time.
"A lengthy sentence would subject him to corrupting influences," she said.
The court heard that a count off assault had been adjourned because it was linked to a case to be heard in the Supreme Court.
Mr Stanton backdated the sentence and allowed him to apply for parole after 18 weeks.
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