Overview

• Police arrested six teenage boys aged 14 to 16 along with two related adult women on June 17 after executing warrants for crimes dating from December through March.
• Prosecutors have charged the juveniles with assault with a deadly weapon, attempted carjacking, burglary and grand theft auto.
• Authorities say the suspects stole vehicles and used them to ram storefronts or attach steel chains to rip open business doors before looting merchandise.
• In a March 25 incident, the group allegedly pulled firearms and threatened to shoot during an attempted carjacking, then fled in three stolen vehicles.
• Searches of homes yielded loaded magazines, replica firearms, ski masks, steel chains and key fobs, and investigators are probing to identify additional participants.