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He’s still two years away from being old enough to legally drive, but a 14-year-old boy is now the latest suspect charged in a series of GTA bank robberies.

Halton Regional Police say the teen was arrested Wednesday when officers executed a search warrant at a home in Kitchener.

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The boy, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, faces a total of 25 charges, including robbery with a firearm and uttering threats.

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A 21-year-old woman, Emma Cassidy, was also taken into custody at the Kitchener residence and charged with uttering a forged document.

“She arrested on unrelated matters,” Det. Mike Maltar said Wednesday.

Maltar is a member of a task force that Halton Regional Police created in January to combat an increasing number the armed robberies — mostly targeting banks and businesses.