On Wednesday, a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy who both live in Northeast, were arrested. They face charges ranging from robbery and theft to simple assault and assault with intent to commit robbery.

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Police are not releasing their names because they are minors.

Their Tuesday crime spree started just before 6 p.m., according to police, when the teens rode on a scooter next to a woman who also was on a scooter at 11th and R streets NW near Shaw Park. As the woman was stopped in traffic, one of the teens pushed her off her scooter before taking it.

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Around 6:18 p.m., the teens allegedly assaulted a woman, pushed her to the ground and tried to take her purse before fleeing along East Capitol Street, near Fourth Street SE on Capitol Hill, police said.

Six minutes later, they struck again, police said, about a mile away. A police report indicates they came up on two motorized scooters behind a woman riding a Honda Monkey motorbike along Tingey Street near Nationals Park.

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As they pulled up beside her, one of the teens “reached out and shoved” the woman on her arm, according to a police report, causing her to lose her balance and bring the motorbike to a stop. The teens fled.

Around 6:30 p.m., the teens were involved in another incident along New Jersey Avenue near K Street NW and Gonzaga College High School, police said. They came up on scooters beside a woman standing on the sidewalk and tried to grab her purse. She held on and was dragged along the sidewalk. She was taken to a hospital for treatment, according to a police report.

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Ten minutes later, the teens drove scooters on a sidewalk behind a woman along Fourth and T streets NE near Metro’s Brentwood rail yard and snatched a handbag off her shoulder before they fled, police said.

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Six minutes later, around 6:46 p.m., the teens allegedly struck again. They rode up on scooters behind a woman as she walked along Rhode Island Avenue NE near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro stop and stole her backpack, police said. The victim fell to the ground and was dragged about two feet, police said in a report. She suffered minor injuries to her shoulder and stomach but declined medical treatment.