Group Of Teens Arrested During Car Theft In Long Beach: Police

LONG BEACH, CA —Long Beach police arrested several teens in connection to a car theft and recovered multiple loaded firearms in the process, authorities said.

According to the Long Beach Police Department, officers were in the area of 15th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard last week investigating a car theft when another theft was reported. Officers were notified that a group of teens appeared to be breaking into a car in the 1000 block of St. Louis Street.

When officers arrived they said they witnessed a group of juvenile suspects at the scene and they were taken into custody. Three guns and ammunition were recovered during the arrest, LBPD said.

"Excellent work by detectives and officers to in continuing to keep our community safe," LBPD said.