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WEBVTT JUVENILES WERE SET TO BE BACK ONTHE STREET TODAY.POLICE SAY TEENS SURROUNDED AMAN AND THEN TOOK OFF WITH HISCELL PHONE.>> THEY'RE TAKING A PHONE.A PHONE?A CELL PHONE MAN.C'MON.OMAR: TERRELL KEATON JUSTHAPPENED TO BE DRIVING BY THEBUSY CHARLES CENTER METROSTATION AT THE TIME.>> I JUST PULLED MY PHONE OUT TORECORD, I AIN'T TELLING ONNOBODY, THEY WERE GOING TO GETLOCKED UP ANYWAY, THERE'S AMILLION CAMERAS DOWN HERE.OMAR: ALL THIS DURING RUSH HOURAT ABOUT 5:30 IN THE AFTERNOON.>> YOU DON'T SEE JUVENILESCOMMITTING THESE TYPES OF ACTSBY THEMSELVES.YOU SEEM THEM COMMITTING THESEACTS WITH GROUPS OF OTHERJUVENILES, AND YOU OFTEN SEETHEM WITH OLDER JUVENILES.OMAR: IN THIS CASE POLICE, ARRESTED 9 AND CHARGED THEMWITH UNARMED ROBBERY AND 2NDDEGREE ASSAULT.8 OF THEM ARE JUVENILES, 1 ISSTILL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.>> IT IS ALWAYS CONCERNING TOSEE KIDS INVOLVED IN THIS LEVELOF VIOLENCE.I MEAN THIS IS THIS EASILYCOULD'VE GONE HAYWIRE.OMAR: PAST EXAMPLES SERVE ASREMINDERS.BACK IN A GROUP OF TEENSDECEMBER, REPORTEDLY WALKED UPTO A VEHICLE IN AN ATTEMPTEDCARJACKING.THE 13-YEAR-OLD IN THE GROUP,HOLDING A QUOTE "REALISTICLOOKING GUN," ENDED UP SHOT INTHE HEAD BY THE DRIVER.EARLIER THAT MONTH, TWO TEENSASSAULTED THEN COUNCILWOMANRIKKI SPECTOR, REPORTEDLYDRAGGING HER OUT OF HER CAR ANDPUNCHING HER SEVERAL TIMES.IN THIS LATEST CASE, POLICE SAYTHE SAME GROUP COMMITTEDASSAULTS OVER PRESIDENT'S DAYWEEKEND AND THEIR INVESTIGATION, INTO THOSE HELPED THEM WITHTHIS.>> TALK TO THESE YOUNG KIDS,BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT TRAVELING INGROUPS AND IN THESE GROUPSTHEY'RE COMMITTING CRIMES LIKETHIS, RECKLESSLY AND IN BROADDAYLIGHT.>> THEY'RE GEEKIN.THEY'RE JUST TAKING A CELLPHONE, ALL THAT FOR A PHONE.OMAR: NOW THE VICTIM IN THIS IS, OK.BUT POLICE SAY THE GROUP WASALSO INVOLVED IN A SECOND

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Nine people, eight of whom were juvenile, were arrested in connection with a robbery that was captured on video and posted on social media, Baltimore police said. Download the WBAL app Raw video: Robbery, assault (WARNING: Contains graphic language) Police spokesman T.J. Smith addressed video floating around of an assault during a news conference Wednesday morning. The robbery and attack happened 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on Baltimore Street near the Charles Center metro train station. The victim's cellphone was stolen. "They're geekin'. They're just taking a cellphone. All that for a phone?" witness Terrell Keaton said. Keaton just happened to be driving by Charles Center Metro Station at the time. "I just pulled my phone out to record. I ain't telling on nobody. They was going to get locked up anyway. There's a million cameras down here," Keaton said. Keaton was sitting in his vehicle when he recorded the attack. He then posted it on Facebook. "(It) was an unprovoked attack by a number of juveniles on a man who was walking down the street. It doesn't appear that there was any motivation or reason to this. They just attacked him," Smith said. Smith said police Commissioner Kevin Davis spoke to the victim in the assault captured on video. "The victim, fortunately, didn't suffer any major injuries, didn't have to receive any treatment at a hospital," Smith said. The attack on video was the second the same day. Smith said that another victim was attacked five blocks from that location. The other victim was treated and released from a hospital. WARNING: Video below contains graphic language. Mobile users: Tap here for video While several arrests have been made, police said others are expected. Those arrested included a 13-year-old boy from Baltimore County and the following from Baltimore: a 12-year-old boy, 13-year-old girl, two 14-year-old boys and a 14-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy and girl and 18-year-old Darell Smith, from northeast Baltimore. The attackers, in elementary and middle schools, were tracked down and arrested in the 300 block of High Street, Smith said. Although the schools the attackers came from did not have anything to do with the attack, Smith said Davis plans to visit them and "talk to greater group of kids, because this is problematic. We can't have things like this happen." All juveniles were charged with unarmed robbery and second-degree assault and are expected to be released Wednesday, Smith said. The 18-year-old faces the same charges as an adult, police said. "Oftentimes, you don't see juveniles committing these types acts by themselves. You see them committing these acts with groups of other juveniles, and you often see them with older juveniles," Smith said. "There's a 12-year-old in the company of an 18-year-old, and I don't believe there's any type of family relationship between them." Smith believes the 18-year-old is the ringleader in these incidents and similar attacks from a couple of weeks ago. "We believe this group is responsible for the assaults that occurred during President's Day week," Smith said. There is no known gang connection in these incidents, police said. The investigation is ongoing. Police urge parents, public to do more to prevent attacks Police said parents need to take ownership of young people. "Hopefully this a wake-up call to parents to know where your children are," Smith said. Smith thanked the public for its help finding the suspects, but also urged the public and parents for more assistance. "Talk to your friends and family who have young kids and talk to these young kids, because they're out traveling in groups, and in these groups, they're committing crimes and committing crimes like these, recklessly in broad daylight in front of people," Smith said. Smith said he hopes the video can be used as a teaching tool to help educate young people, parents of kids like the attackers and the community. "All we need is a leader in that group to make a decision to say, 'No, this not the right thing to do.' When you have a leader in that group that's 18 who has the influence over a 12-year-old to say, 'This is what to do,' then have to try to get to those 12-year-olds that this is not direction you need to go," Smith said. Past examples serve as reminders. In December, a group of teens reportedly walked up to a vehicle in an attempted carjacking. The 13-year-old in the group holding a realistic-looking gun ended up shot in the head by the driver. Earlier that month, two teens assaulted then Baltimore City Councilwoman Rikki Spector, reportedly dragging her out of her car and punching her several times.