Teens targeted women in robberies, including nurses and shoppers. They’ve been arrested
Two teenage boys arrested this month by Tacoma police are suspected of robbing six people at gunpoint at the end of May, the Police Department announced Tuesday. Ongoing investigations might link them to more.
Police said the first robbery occurred May 29, and the rest occurred May 31 over the course of four hours. The victims were women. They included three nurses going to and from their vehicles at work on Hilltop, two people loading groceries into their cars in the Lincoln District and West End and a person waiting at an Eastside bus stop.
The victims gave similar descriptions of the robbers and the vehicle they used, and on June 1, officers arrested a 16-year-old suspect, according to the announcement. Police said he was taken into custody after a brief pursuit of a vehicle linked to the robberies.
Police said the vehicle was determined to have been stolen from a Tacoma home May 23.
Detectives developed probable cause to arrest 15-year-old boy police described as a co-conspirator. He was arrested June 23 at a home in the city. He and the 16-year-old suspect were booked into Remann Hall, Pierce County’s juvenile detention center.
The boys are suspected of the following:
- May 29, 8:15 p.m.: An armed robbery of a nurse in the 300 block of South L Street.
- May 31, 5:53 p.m.: An armed robbery of a nurse in the 1100 block of 6th Avenue.
- May 31, 6 p.m.: An armed robbery of a nurse in the 1600 block of South J Street.
- May 31, 6:24 p.m.: An armed robbery of a grocery customer in the 600 block of South 38th Street.
May 31, 6:52 p.m.: An armed robbery of a person at a bus stop in the 3000 block of East Portland Avenue.
May 31, 9:55 p.m.: An armed robbery of a grocery customer in the 6900 block of South 19th Street.
This story was originally published June 28, 2023 at 8:45 AM.
