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12-Year-Old Boys Threatened, Robbed Outside Puyallup Safeway

Posted: 3:37 pm PDT May 28, 2009Updated: 3:44 pm PDT May 28, 2009

Pierce County sheriff’s detectives said two boys were robbed and threatened by a group of teenage boys outside a Puyallup Safeway.

Police said the two victims, both 12 years old, were eating candy outside the store on May 16 when they were approached by three teenage boys who asked them to share their candy at 6:45 p.m. The younger boys complied and the older boys left and then returned about 15 minutes later, demanding that the boys give them everything in their pockets.

Police said the teenagers threatened to assault the boys and “break their jaws."

The Safeway is located in the 13300 block of Meridian Avenue East in South Hill.

The older boys were described as white, in their late teens, all approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. The first teen had a brown Mohawk hairstyle and was seen wearing a black T-shirt and dark jeans. The second teen was wearing a black short-sleeved button-up collared shirt, dark jeans and a black baseball hat. The third teenager was seen wearing a green T-shirt, light blue jeans and a red baseball hat.

Crime Stoppers of Tacoma/Pierce County is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and charges filed for the person in this case. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call 253-591-5959.

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