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Houston ‘Little Rascals’ arrested: Parents turn in teenage bank robbery suspects to FBI [Video]

HOUSTON, Texas — The three bank robbery suspects dubbed as the “little rascals” are now in custody, according to FBI Houston.

The trio made headlines when authorities shared on social media that they were wanted for allegedly robbing a Greenspoint area Wells Fargo bank.

Initially, a witness told officials the boys appeared to be between 14 and 18 years old. But, in the arrest update, the FBI said they are 16, 12, and 11 years old.

“The age of the younger two, that’s unusual for a bank robbery,” Mike Schneider, a retired juvenile district court judge, told our sister station KTRK. “It’s one of the first times I’ve seen that.”

While FBI Houston released the surveillance photos, the case is a Harris County Sheriff’s Office investigation.

According to HCSO, the boys passed a threatening note to a teller. They were believed to be armed, though they did not present a weapon, and they …

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