Teen charged with more than 20 burglaries (Image: Getty)
A TEENAGER has been charged with more than 20 burglaries after up to £500,000 worth of cars were stolen across the Black Country and Staffordshire.
Rio Halls was arrested in connection with a series of car thefts between last November and September this year.
He has now been charged with 21 car key burglaries, two offences of vehicle theft and four thefts from a motor vehicle across Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Staffordshire.
The 18-year-old, from Mossley Close, Bloxwich, is due to appear before Wolverhampton Magistrates Court today (November 4).
A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: "Vehicle crime remains a priority for us as we do not underestimate the inconvenience and distress having a car stolen causes".
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