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RadioOnFire.com - Nine were arrested--including eight juveniles--in a brazen assault and robbery just blocks from Baltimore Police headquarters.
The eight teens--seven of whom are from Baltimore, the eighth of whom is from Baltimore County--were all charged as juveniles. The ninth, 18-year-old Derell Smith, 18, of the 1700 block of Belvedere Avenue, was charged as an adult with robbery and second-degree assault.
Police spokesman T.J. Smith says it's believed Smith was the ringleader of the group, which included one boy as young as 12.
"One of these kids is in elementary school...not that the school has anything to do with it but we're talking about elementary and middle school age kids," Smith said.
He said Commissioner Kevin Davis has spoken with the victim, who was robbed of his cell phone and was treated and released at the scene. He said Davis also plans to visit the city schools where the suspects hailed from and talk to students.
"We can't have things like this happening," Smith said, noting the crime took place outside the Charles Center Metro Subway Station, just a few blocks from police headquarters. "It's one cell phone with a group of people, what are you gonna do with it?"
The assault was caught on video and shared on social media by a witness. Smith noted the umbrage taken by the eyewitnesses, and credited witnesses with helping them positively identify a suspect.
Source WBAL
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