Lennie Hayes-Green, 20, of Mooroopna pleaded guilty in Shepparton Koori Court to 88 charges including 12 counts of theft of vehicle, three of dangerous driving while pursued by police, reckless conduct endangering serious injury, five counts of driving in a dangerous manner, reckless conduct endangering life and driving at a dangerous speed.
Among the charges he also pleaded guilty to were also three counts of failing to stop on police direction, nine of driving while disqualified, six of burglary and 22 of theft.
Prosecutor Leading Senior Constable Chris Cole told the court that between February and October last year, Weston stole an e-bike and a road bike from Kialla, $1750 worth of items from a car in Preston and three handbags from a Mooroopna business.
On November 5 last year, Hayes-Green and a co-accused went to a Shepparton house in a Volkswagen Golf that had been stolen from Melbourne and stole a Ford Focus.
Hayes-Green and three co-accused drove to Stanhope in the Golf, where Hayes-Green rifled through five cars, stealing items.
About 10.30am on November 6, Hayes-Green sped off on police in the Golf, reaching speeds of about 100km/h in the 50km/h zone in Streeton Dve, Shepparton.
That night police chased the Golf in McKean St, Mooroopna, but Hayes-Green sped away.
Ten days later he stole a Mitsubishi Mirage from Archer St in Shepparton, and that night sped off on police in it on Wyndham St, overtaking a car while driving in the parking lane and driving through a red light.
Hayes-Green assaulted a woman he knew, hit her car with a machete and stole her e-scooter in Mooroopna in December 16, while on December 31 he used a taser out of a car window on the Goulburn Valley Hwy.
On January 6 this year, he stole a 2005 Nissan Pulsar from Mooroopna, and was driving that car when his passenger stole a Ford Ranger ute from another Mooroopna house at 3.55am the following morning.
The same day, Hayes-Green was speeding in the Pulsar when it collided with a vehicle in McLennan St, Mooroopna.
The following day, Hayes-Green and two co-accused stole items from three cars in Stanhope, including $1800 worth of gift vouchers, two Pandora bracelets and a 25-year CFA medal.
On January 21, Hayes-Green sped off on police when they tried to stop him while driving a stolen Toyota HiLux in Mooroopna, while 10 days later he drove a car at 137km/h and on the wrong side of the road at Byrneside after police tried to stop him.
On February 9, Hayes-Green stole a Kia Sorento from Toolamba.
Two days later he broke into two vehicles in Cobram, stealing a $30,000 diamond ring from one and $500 worth of items from another.
On February 14 police spotted a Toyota Aurion, that had been stolen from Melbourne, being driven at 160km/h on the Goulburn Valley Hwy near Nagambie at 3.20pm.
Police tried to intercept it at 3.45pm, and again at 6.40pm where Hayes-Green drove off on police on the wrong side of the Goulburn Valley Hwy at Kialla.
On February 15, Hayes-Green swung a metal pole at a man who chased him after he stole an electric scooter and Apple MacBook from a garage in Shepparton North.
That night, Hayes-Green stole a BMW while the owner was using an ATM in Wyndham St.
The owner jumped on the car bonnet to try to stop his vehicle being taken, but was eventually thrown off.
The following morning, he stole a Toyota HiLux that had a motorbike on the rear tray, from a house in Shepparton North.
The stolen Aurion was being driven in tandem with the HiLux as it left.
At noon, Hayes-Green sped off on police when they tried to stop the HiLux on the Goulburn Valley Hwy at Shepparton.
Police cordons saw the HiLux tyres punctured by stop sticks on the Watt Rd bridge at Mooroopna, with the police helicopter following the Aurion as it drove through red lights before stopping at a Mooroopna house where Hayes-Green was found hiding in the roof.
In court, the prosecutor acknowledged Hayes-Green was still young and was a First Nations person, but said community protection needed to be paramount in his sentence.
Hayes-Green’s defence solicitor Ian Michaelson said Hayes-Green’s early years saw social disadvantage and he had been diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome.
He said he had neurological development difficulties, which impaired his cognitive functioning and decision-making.
He also had unchecked impulsivity, a lack of consequential thinking and emotional development, Mr Michaelson said.
The solicitor asked that Hayes-Green have a Youth Justice assessment before sentencing because he felt he would “get more” from youth detention than adult jail.
Hayes-Green will be sentenced in December.
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