Teen arrested in DC cell phone robbery, investigation ongoing

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police arrested a teenager for a robbery that took place on Thursday.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that just before 4:20 p.m., the victim was walking near 18th and C streets NE when five people approached her.

One of those people “had his hand in his pocket as if he had a weapon” and demanded that the victim hand over her cell phone. She did, and the suspects all ran away.

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Police quickly detained one of the suspects, a 15-year-old boy from Southeast, D.C., and placed him under arrest for robbery…

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