Despite recent, high-profile cases, data from the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (KCPAO) shows crimes committed by juveniles have been steadily declining for over two decades.  This week, five teens were arrested in King County related to an armed robbery and four were arrested in connection to an armed carjacking. “The data overall is positive, but these high-profile incidents are concerning,” said Casey McNerthney with KCPAO. “We just like everybody in the public look and saw what’s happening here, but what we’re doing about it is going before judges and taking that information from police and say this is why there needs to be an intervention.”  According to McNerthney, the total number of juvenile crimes referred to the prosecutor’s office between 1998 and 2021 dropped 91%. The number of referrals from police for violent crimes which includes first-degree robbery went down by 68% during that same time period. In both incidents, a KCPAO spokesperson said prosecutors argued the teens should be held in detention before trial.  On Tuesday morning, police arrested three 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old following an armed carjacking in Renton and a police pursuit that ended in Bellevue.  One teen from the carjacking incident was in court Wednesday and will be held in juvenile detention until his next court appearance on Jan. 17, while the three others who were arrested were released to an adult and not booked into jail. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/data-shows-decrease-juvenile-crime-king-county/281-4a31f5a5-bdd1-4613-a639-1f5004e6d6d6