Updated Thursday, Oct. 5

Three girls have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a series of strong-arm carjackings, according to Portland police.

They were arrested after crashing a stolen SUV during a police chase that began late Tuesday, police said in a news release. Detectives learned the trio was "involved" in the carjackings — and at least one cellphone robbery — since the middle of September.

An officer saw a stolen 2016 Honda CR-V around 11:15 p.m. in the 10000 block of Southeast Stark Street and tried to stop its driver, police said. The driver didn't comply, police said, and the officer chased the car and tried to stop it using "several pursuit intervention techniques."

The driver eventually crashed near an on-ramp to Interstate 205 north and Interstate 84 west, police said. The girls weren't injured.

Police said "it is believed there were no weapons displayed or used during the robberies." The suspects used force, according to victim and witness statements to police.

Aaliyah Mitchell, 15, is being charged as an adult under Measure 11. She's facing second-degree robbery, third-degree assault and unauthorized use of a vehicle charges, records show.

Kimala S. Anderson, 14, is being charged with five counts of second-degree robbery in juvenile court, according to Multnomah County Circuit Court records. And Misheyla Washington, 14, is being charged with three counts of second-degree robbery in juvenile court.

Each of the girls are being held at a juvenile detention center.

The Oregonian/OregonLive typically names juvenile suspects in Measure 11 crimes, which includes second-degree robbery.

Police say the girls were involved in four carjackings and stole a cellphone between Sept. 18 and Oct. 2.

On Sept. 18, Central Precinct officers responded to the area near Southwest Fourth Avenue and Southwest Yamhill Street on the report of a robbery in which woman sustained minor injuries during the robbery of her cellphone, police said in a news release.

The first carjacking occurred on Sept. 24, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Thursday in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

A woman told police three girls approached her as she walked back to her white Range Rover after her son's tournament at Jefferson High School. The girls tried to talk to her, but she ignored them and got into her car, the affidavit said.

Before she could close the door, one of the girls came up behind her and dragged her out of the car by her hair, the affidavit said. She dropped her keys, then one of the girls picked them up and got into the Range Rover.

The woman dragged the girl out. Then, the affidavit said, the other two girls knocked her to the ground and began to punch and kick her repeatedly.

The woman screamed for help and passersby came to her aid. The girls fled, the affidavit said.

A few days later, on Sept. 28, a woman reported three girls stole her car from a Wal-Mart parking lot at 4200 S.E. 82nd Ave. The woman said she saw the girls walk toward her car as she went into the store, the affidavit said. When she returned, one of the girls was sitting on the car's trunk.

The woman told the girl to get down. Then, the affidavit said, the girl attacked her. The other two girls grabbed the woman by the hair and pulled her to the ground, the affidavit said. The woman said the girls hit her in the head multiple times.

One of the girls got the woman's car keys, then the girls got into her car and sped away, the affidavit said.

The stolen car was located by officers on Oct. 2, police said in a news release. It was found in the 4800 block of Northeast Flanders Street and had heavy front-end damage from a crash that occurred after being stolen.

On Sept. 29, two girls attacked another woman and stole her Honda CR-V from the parking lot of a WinCo at 1222 N.E. 102nd Ave., the affidavit said. The girls came up to her in the parking lot and demanded she give them her keys, the affidavit said.

When the woman refused, the girls knocked her to the ground and kicked her, the affidavit said. The girls eventually took the woman's keys and drove away.

A police officer reviewed video surveillance of the carjacking, and saw a third girl kept lookout while the other two stole the keys, the affidavit said.

The girls were driving the stolen CR-V when they were arrested Tuesday, police said.

In a news release, police described a final carjacking on Oct. 2. East Precinct officers responded to the 4000 block of Southeast 82nd Avenue on the report of a woman who sustained minor injuries during the robbery of her vehicle, police said.

Officers recovered the car on Oct. 3. There were no occupants in the vehicle when it was found.

Police said detectives, who continue to investigate, think there will probably be more arrests and charges.

Police ask anyone who has information about the robberies or other associated cases to contact Detective William Winters at 503-823-0466 or William.Winters@portlandoregon.gov.

— The Oregonian/OregonLive