Teens arrested following purse-snatching incident in Seattle, police say

SEATTLE — Seattle police officers arrested three teens following a purse-snatching incident in the International District Sunday afternoon, officials said.

Police said three teens approached a couple around 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of South King Street, and one of the teens took the woman's purse before running away with the group.

Responding officers found the three teens attempting to scale a fence in the 1200 block of South Lane Street. The teens stopped when they were told to do so by officers, and police took the group into custody without incident.

Police said they found a purse that contained an identification card of the victim 10 feet from where the suspects were taken into custody.

While searching the suspects, police said they found additional identification cards and debit cards that belonged to the victim.

Three suspects -- two 15-year-olds and one 16-year-old suspect -- were booked into the King County Youth Services Center on investigation of robbery, according to police.

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