16-year-old arrested in connection to Northwest DC robbery

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said officers arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection to a robbery that happened in Northwest D.C. early Saturday morning.

Police said that at about 2:50 a.m., the suspects approached the victim in the 2000 block of 11 ^th St.

Officers said the suspects assaulted the victim and took their possessions before leaving the scene.

Police arrested one of the suspects, a 16-year-old boy from Capitol Heights, Md.

Authorities charged him with robbery (force and violence).

Anyone with information should call police at (202) 727-9099 or text a tip to the Department’s TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.

MPD currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for a crime committed in the District of Columbia.

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