4 Taken Into Custody After Series Of Robberies In Minneapolis

Press release from the Minneapolis Police Department:

January 20, 2021

On January 16, 2021 at 3:55 am, Minneapolis Police responded to the 3500 block of Stevens Avenue South on a report of an aggravated robbery of person.

Officers arrived and spoke with the victim. Suspect information was aired to responding officers. An officer working a robbery suppression detail operating in an unmarked car observed the suspect vehicle at the gas station on the 4500 block of Nicollet Avenue South.

Numerous squads were in the area and able to converge on the suspect vehicle in the parking lot. The vehicle attempted to flee but squads were able to block its path. The suspect struck the cement barrier that protects the pumps.

Two suspects attempted to flee, one of which was apprehended right away. Three suspects total were taken into custody at the gas station. A perimeter was set up by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and the MPD. The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 was called to assist in locating the one suspect that fled. An officer located the 4th suspect underneath a car in the alley of the 4500 block of Stevens Avenue South. The suspect was taken into custody.

The victim of the robbery was able to identify the suspects as those who had robbed him. An additional robbery victim from earlier in the evening also identified a suspect from the group as well.

The vehicle the suspects were arrested in was taken in a carjacking in St. Paul.

All four are juveniles and booked into the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center. They are believed to be 16 and 17 years of age.

Our most sincere thanks to our law enforcement partners who continue to work side by side with us every day.

The GO number associated with these two cases are 21-010890 and 21-010895.

This press release was produced by the Minneapolis Police Department. The views expressed here are the author’s own.