INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department detectives arrested an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old in a string of robberies.
Officers were called to the 4300 block of South Emerson Avenue on Feb. 1 for a robbery and were able to locate the suspects' vehicle.
Detectives then searched the home of the 18-year-old and recovered multiple pieces of evidence.
That led to police claiming the two teenagers were behind the following robberies:
- 2705 Bloyd Avenue (Shell Gas Station) December 22, 2023
- 2801 Massachusetts Avenue (Valero Gas Station)December 28, 2023
- 6279 W. 38th Street (GetGo BP Gas Station) January 13, 2024
- 2705 Bloyd Avenue (Shell Gas Station)January 13, 2024
- 2845 E. Michigan Street (La Campos 3) January 19, 2024
- 1035 S. Keystone Avenue (Carnicera Mexican Grocery Store)-January 29, 2024
- 4317 S. Emerson Avenue (Marathon Gas Station) February 1, 2024
The two were arrested on a series of charges including felony armed robbery. The final charging decision will come from the prosecutor's office.
Anyone with information about the robberies should call the IMPD Robbery Office at 317-327-3475 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or (TIPS).