Three teens are facing charges after allegedly robbing another teen of his shoes at knifepoint near Pentagon City.
It happened around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 900 block of 15th Street S., on the border of Aurora Highlands and Pentagon City. The victim was outside when the three approached and demanded his shoes, police said. One of them pulled out a knife and threatened him before the group ran off with the shoes.
No one was hurt.
Officers set up a perimeter and found three teens fitting the description nearby, on the 1200 block of S. Hayes Street. Police took them into custody and recovered a knife. All three face juvenile charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit a felony.
A witness called in the robbery, and the group was last seen heading toward the Pentagon Centre shopping center, according to scanner traffic. Officers had all three detained about 10 minutes after the initial dispatch.
Police have reported several incidents in recent months in which groups of teens allegedly went after other teens’ shoes or clothing. Last week, a group allegedly assaulted a boy and tried to steal his shoes and jacket at Oak Grove Park near Washington-Liberty High School. In March, teens allegedly stole a boy’s shoes and backpack at gunpoint near Columbia Pike.
A police spokesperson told ARLnow last week that preliminary investigations had not identified a link between the recent incidents.
From the latest ACPD crime report:
ROBBERY, 2026-11030200, 900 block of 15th Street S. At approximately 6:29 p.m. on November 3, police were dispatched to the report of a robbery. Upon arrival, it was determined the juvenile male victim in his teens was outside when the three juvenile male suspects also in their teens allegedly approached and demanded his shoes. One suspect brandished a knife and threatened the victim with it before the suspects fled the scene with the shoes. No injuries were reported. Responding officers established a perimeter and located three individuals matching the description of the suspects in the 1200 block of S. Hayes Street and took them into custody. A knife was recovered. Petitions for each of the suspects were obtained for Robbery and Conspiracy to Commit a Felony.
Separately, a woman was assaulted and robbed by two people she knew inside a home near N. Glebe Road around the same time, police said.
The incident happened around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday on the 4100 block of 3rd Road N., on the border of Buckingham and Ashton Heights. Police said the woman got into an argument with a woman she knew, and that woman and a man then attacked her and took an undisclosed amount of cash from her bag.
The victim left the home and went for help at a nearby business. She had minor injuries and was taken to the hospital, according to police.
ACPD is investigating the incident as malicious wounding by mob. No arrests were reported.
MALICIOUS WOUNDING BY MOB, 2026-11030206, 4100 block of 3rd Road N. At approximately 6:42 p.m. on November 3, police were dispatched to the report of a robbery. Upon arrival, it was determined the female victim was inside a residence with the female suspect and male suspect, who are known to her. The victim became involved in a verbal dispute with the female suspect during which the male suspect and female suspect assaulted the victim and stole an undisclosed amount of cash from her bag. The victim then left the home and sought assistance at a nearby business. She sustained minor injuries and was transported to an area hospital. The investigation into the circumstances of the incident is ongoing.
