Two teens, aged 15 and 17, have been taken into custody in connection with a series of armed robberies in Northeast D.C., police said Wednesday.
The arrests came just one week after three robberies were reported within 90 minutes of each other on Tuesday, October 20.
In each case, D.C. police said people exited a green Hyundai Santa Fe with Virginia license plates, brandished a gun, and demanded the victims’ property.
The robberies occurred in the following locations:
- 5th and K streets NE around 1:23 a.m.
- 300 Morse Street NE around 1:25 a.m.
- 1500 Elkington Place NE around 2:55 a.m.
On Tuesday, October 27, police arrested a 17-year-old kid from Southeast Washington and a 15-year-old boy from Northeast Washington.
Both teenagers were charged with three counts of armed robbery.
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