WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Two boys were arrested for their involvement in a string of eight robberies that happened throughout the District in May, D.C. police said on Friday.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detailed that there has been an uptick in purse-snatching robberies over the past three weeks, at least eight of which were connected.
In all but one of the eight robberies, the suspects reportedly approached a person and took their purse and property. In one of those cases, they pulled out a gun, police said…