#2,570 - Multiple Gang teens arrested and charged were connected to 78 recent armed robberies in King County

A 16-year-old and 18-year-old accused of committing nearly 80 armed robberies around King County have officially been charged.

Seattle city leaders announced on Friday, Oct. 11, that four male teens were arrested in connection to a crime spree consisting of at least 78 cases. They were allegedly involved in multiple armed robberies, shootings, carjackings, and other violent incidents, with 22 of them happening in Seattle alone.

The teens are aged 18, 15, and two were 16. Investigators said the ringleader of the criminal gang was so emboldened he asked police to book him quickly so that he could be out of jail by the weekend.