Child bank robbers, dubbed 'Little Rascals,' nabbed in Texas

Child bank robbers, dubbed ‘Little Rascals,’ nabbed in Texas

/ 07:32 AM March 21, 2024

Child bank robbers, dubbed 'Little Rascals,' nabbed in Texas

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Houston, United States — Three boys aged 11, 12 and 16 — dubbed the “Little Rascals” by the FBI — have been arrested for allegedly robbing a Texas bank.

The FBI’s Houston office said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that the three boys have been charged with “robbery by threat.”

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The boys, who were not identified because they are juveniles, were taken into custody on Tuesday.

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The FBI had released a photo of the pint-sized suspects following their March 14 bank robbery, adding a caption that read “believe it or not, they just robbed the Wells Fargo.”

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Local TV station KTRK quoted the Harris County Sheriff’s Office as saying the kids had passed a “threatening note” to a bank teller and fled on foot with an unspecified amount of cash.

It said two of the boys — who don’t appear to have tried to wear masks or otherwise conceal their identities during the robbery — were identified to the authorities by their parents.

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