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Authorities Arrest Juvenile Suspected of Robbing Woman During Social Media App Transaction

Authorities Arrest Juvenile Suspected of Robbing Woman During Social Media App Transaction
A search warrant at a juvenile's apartment related to a robbery in the Sacramento area revealed an assault rifle, two handguns, multiple firearm accessories, ammunition, multiple replica firearms, and counterfeit money. Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
Jill McLaughlin
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Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy suspected of robbing a woman at gunpoint during a transaction arranged on a social media app, the sheriff’s department announced April 5.

The victim called police on Feb. 17 after she said she was held at gunpoint near Kiefer Boulevard and South Port Drive in Rosemont, a neighborhood southeast of Sacramento.

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