Oakland police see disturbing trend of teens carrying out robberies, carjackings
Oakland police see alarming trend of violent crimes committed by teens
Authorities in Oakland have noticed an uptick in carjackings and armed robberies by young people, some as young as 11 years old.
OAKAND, Calif. - Police are seeing an alarming trend of teenagers committing violent crimes and in some cases, the offenders are no older than middle school-aged children.
Oakland Police Lt. Robert Muniz said the uptick in crime began in late November and has continued across the city. He said groups of teenagers are holding people up at gunpoint and robbing them or stealing their cars. In some instances, the juveniles use the stolen cars to commit other robberies. The most recent case in East Oakland involved suspects ranging in age from 11 to 16.
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