1Teen charged after armed moped carjacking in Southeast DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A 14-year-old boy was arrested after police said he helped steal a moped at gunpoint Saturday afternoon in Southeast, near the Navy Yard.

The carjacking occurred around 2:50 p.m. in the 700 block of 8th Street SE, when two suspects approached the victim and demanded the moped. One of them pulled a handgun before the pair fled with the vehicle.

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Armed carjacking reported Saturday on 8th Street SE

14-year-old boy arrested after moped found near Navy Yard

$10,000 reward offered for information leading to additional arrests

Quick arrest after stolen moped spotted

Responding officers soon spotted the stolen moped and the suspects nearby in the Navy Yard area. One suspect was detained without inciden

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