The Dallas Police Department arrested multiple teenagers and one adult on Wednesday in connection with a string of aggravated robberies that took place throughout May.
DPD announced the arrests in a news release.
The Fugitive Unit and the Northwest and North Central Crime Response Teams executed search and arrest warrants on four teens and one adult on May 31.
Officials did not release the minors’ names due to their ages but identified 24-year-old Laquavious McMath as the adult.
According to the release, the minors — one 15-year-old male and three 16-year-old males — were charged with robbery offenses. McMath was arrested on a warrant and charged with an unrelated weapons violation.
Officers also recovered multiple handguns and one rifle.
Below is a timeline of the crimes:
- May 3, 5:50 p.m.: aggravated robbery, business (4000 block of Cedar Springs Road)
- May 3, 8:15 p.m.: aggravated robbery, individual (2600 block of Throckmorton Street)
- May 7, 5:57 p.m.: aggravated robbery, business (4000 block of Cedar Springs Road)
- May 15, 12:15 p.m.: aggravated robbery, business (3400 block of Oak Lawn Avenue)
- May 18, 12:30 p.m.: aggravated robbery, individual (4100 block of Cedar Springs Road)
- May 28, 3:30 p.m.: aggravated robbery, individual (4300 block of Brown Street)
- May 28, 3:50 p.m.: aggravated robbery, business (3400 block of Oak Lawn Avenue)
- May 28, 4:02 p.m.: aggravated robbery, business (4400 block of Lemmon Avenue)
The charges for each suspect are as follows:
- 15-year-old male: robbery, business
- 16-year-old male: two counts aggravated robbery, business; aggravated robbery, individual; two counts robbery, business; robbery, individual
- 16-year-old male: aggravated robbery, individual; two counts robbery, business; robbery, individual
- 16-year-old male: three counts robbery, business; robbery, individual
- Laquavious McMath, 24: unlawful carry of a weapon (arrested on warrant).
All of the robberies occurred in District 14, represented by Dallas City Council Member Paul Ridley.
Dallas police continue to battle crime amid a shortage of officers, as previously reported by The Dallas Express. As of May 1, 730 robberies were reported this year, according to a DPD report.
More up-to-date information is currently unavailable, allegedly due to a ransomware attack on City computer servers, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
The Dallas Police Department currently has about 3,100 officers, but according to the Dallas Observer, Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata said in January that the City was at least “400–500 officers short.”
