Minneapolis police are investigating their connection to a wider wave of armed robberies in the city in recent weeks.
Four teenagers have been charged in connection to a spate of robberies reported in the city over the past week.
Four boys aged 16 and 17 have been charged in two separate incidents in the city, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
In the first, a group of teens arranged to meet a victim at in the early hours of Wednesday at 41st Avenue North and Aldrich Avenue North, having contacted him through Facebook Marketplace to arrange the sale of a dog.