Posted on 02/15/2005 11:17:34 AM PST by JZelle
In years past, it was the Air Jordan sneakers, the Starter jackets, the Eddie Bauer parkas. This year, the fashion accessory most likely to get a teenager beaten up at the bus stop is the North Face jacket. Prince George's County Police announced yesterday the arrest of five suspects in connection with 17 North Face jacket robberies and 13 car thefts in the county. The arrests occurred after the Prince George's County Robbery Suppression Team conducted surveillance for seven days in the Capitol Heights area. The suspects, ages 14 to 18, would approach victims in a stolen vehicle and rob them of their North Face jackets.
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