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Teens Say: Video Game Made Them Do It

N.Y. Teens Charged With Robbery Claim They Were Emulating Characters From "Grand Theft Auto"

The ongoing investigation has so far revealed a previous robbery in a different precinct in which the same group "jumped a guy, stole his money and knocked his teeth out," Bartkowski said. After the robbery, the group broke into a nearby shed and armed itself with the weapons used in the later attacks, he said.

Despite their young ages, the teens have each been charged as adults with robbery in the first degree. They have all pleaded not guilty and are being held on $150,000 cash bail that as of this morning had not been posted.

Police suspect there could be even more victims in what they are calling a "spree of violence, mischief and damage."

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