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2 teens arrested in string of D.C. cellphone robberies

WASHINGTON – The D.C. police have arrested two teenage boys in connection with a series of cellphone robberies along the Metropolitan Branch Trail, in Northeast.

Four of the robberies happened Sunday between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. A fifth took place Monday night, on the 700 block of Edgewood Street, in Northeast.

A police spokesperson says all of the victims were robbed at knifepoint. No one was hurt.

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