{"id":1239210,"date":"2022-01-25T13:53:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1239210"},"modified":"2022-01-25T13:53:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:53:54","slug":"d-c-police-arrest-six-kids-ages-13-through-17-in-separate-armed-carjackings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-police-arrest-six-kids-ages-13-through-17-in-separate-armed-carjackings\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Police Arrest Six Kids Ages 13 Through 17 In Separate Armed Carjackings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fd-c-police-arrest-six-kids-ages-13-through-17-in-separate-armed-carjackings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1239210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>As rising crime continues to beleaguer the nation\u2019s capital in 2022, Washington, D.C., police have made arrests in three separate armed carjackings in the past week that were carried out by teenagers, including two as young as ages 13- and 14-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>According to D.C. police, \u201cOn Monday, January 24, 2022, a 14-year-old juvenile male and a 13-year-old juvenile male, both of District Heights, MD, were arrested and charged with Armed Carjacking (Gun).\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/release\/arrests-made-armed-carjacking-gun-offense-1700-block-massachusetts-avenue-northwest\">alleged carjacking occurred<\/a> at 11:20 am on Monday morning, and \u201cthe suspects approached the victim\u201d while one \u201cbrandished a handgun and the victim fled from their vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects were apprehended by responding officers and a handgun was recovered,\u201d according to a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday, D.C. police arrested two <a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/release\/arrests-made-armed-robbery-gun-offenses-third-district-0\">15 year olds<\/a> in relation to two separate offenses that occurred on the same day:<\/p>\n<p><em>At approximately 6:00 pm, the suspects approached the victim in the 1700 block of 8th&nbsp;Street, Northwest. The suspects brandished a handgun and demanded property from the victim. The victim complied. The suspects then fled the scene in a vehicle.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At approximately 8:15 pm, the suspects approached the victims in the 1000 block of N Street, Northwest. The suspects brandished a handgun and demanded property from the victims.The victim complied. The suspects then fled the scene in a vehicle.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/four-teens-arrested-in-carjacking-offenses-in-northwest-dc\/2946014\/\">NBC News 4<\/a> reports that Metro police also arrested a 16-year-old girl and 17-year old-boy \u201ccharged with armed carjacking and possession of a BB gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, a 16-year-old boy from the Northwest part of the city was charged with armed carjacking. A 16-year-old boy from Southwest was charged with possession of a BB gun.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests come after just last week a D.C. candidate for city council was carjacked \u2014 and the whole incident was captured in a shocking video at a local gas station. Based on police reports, the following video is similar to the barrage of carjackings the teens allegedly carried out on unsuspecting victims.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>A spokesperson for the D.C. police told <a href=\"https:\/\/m.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/jan\/20\/carjacking-spike-dc-area-mirrors-violent-nationwid\/\">The Washington Times<\/a> last week that the perpetrators of carjackings in Washington are increasingly younger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have noticed that a large number of these crimes are committed by young teenagers,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>According to D.C. Police Union President Greggory Pemberton, \u201cthe police department is stretched thin.\u201d&nbsp; He told the Washington Times that the D.C. police has 400 fewer officers than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this shortage of officers and detectives, there is a reduced ability to respond to and investigate these crimes,\u201d Pemberton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be threatened at gunpoint is shocking, but I am not surprised that I was attacked given the increase in carjackings and the crisis facing young people in this city,\u201d Fleming tweeted. \u201cThe perpetrators of violent crime are getting younger and younger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To be threatened at gunpoint is shocking, but I am not surprised that I was attacked given the increase in carjackings and the crisis facing young people in this city. The perpetrators of violent crime are getting younger and younger.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Fleming (@NateforDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateforDC\/status\/1482508289938178052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fleming also stated, \u201cToo many DC residents are dealing with heinous violent crimes. We must do much more than what we are currently doing to stop these attacks and shootings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks for sharing. Certainly horrific. Too many DC residents are dealing with heinous violent crimes. We must do much more than what we are currently doing to stop these attacks and shootings. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/28MRhae4L3\">https:\/\/t.co\/28MRhae4L3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Fleming (@NateforDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateforDC\/status\/1483796741245779973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Auto theft <a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/page\/district-crime-data-glance\">increased 15%<\/a> in Washington, D.C in 2021 and that trend has not slowed down in the first month of 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As rising crime continues to beleaguer the nation\u2019s capital in 2022, Washington, D.C., police have made arrests in three separate armed carjackings in the past week that were carried out by teenagers, including two as young as ages 13- and 14-years-old. According to D.C. police, \u201cOn Monday, January 24, 2022, a 14-year-old juvenile male and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1239210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1239210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1239210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1239210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1239210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}