Fitzroy Crossing teenager jailed for three years after ramming police car, injuring Kimberley sergeant

A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to three years in juvenile detention after admitting to ramming and injuring a Kimberley police sergeant while behind the wheel of a stolen car. Key points: A 17-year-old boy who rammed a Kimberley police sergeant while behind the wheel of a stolen ute is jailed Fitzroy Crossing Sergeant Neville Ripp suffered spinal and neck injuries as a result of the crash The boy committed a string of burglaries and car thefts around the town in the lead-up to the incident The boy, who cannot be identified, was in the midst of a crime spree in and around Fitzroy Crossing, when he rammed a stolen ute into a police vehicle driven by Sergeant Neville Ripp on a single-lane bridge near the town on September 20 last year. Factoring in the boy's numerous burglary offences, and his breach of a previous conditional release order set down by the Broome Children's Court, Judge Quail said it was impossible to divorce the sentencing proceedings and ongoing concerns around crime across the wider Kimberley community. Judge Quail said he factored in the boy's "difficult" 200 days already spent in custody at the controversial detention centre into the boy's sentence.