Five teen boys who were arrested for a strongarm robbery in Ballard appeared before a judge on Friday facing allegations of robbery in the first degree. Prosecutors asked the judge to keep the boys detained. All but one will remain in a juvenile detention center. One of the teens is allowed to be released on electronic home monitoring and must participate in counseling. KING 5 learned in court the suspects were wearing ski masks and were found with the victim's phone and a hammer. The teens were arrested at The Commons at Federal Way Thursday afternoon after they were spotted driving a stolen car that was connected to a robbery. The vehicle was reported stolen out of the 2200 block of Franklin Avenue Northeast in the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle earlier in the day, according to the Seattle Police Department (SPD). Officers were called to the 6500 block of 15th Avenue in Ballard around 12 p.m. Thursday for a report of a robbery. A victim said the suspects had stolen his phone and backpack along with other items. The victim sustained minor injuries from the robbery. SPD said the suspects fled from the scene in two stolen vehicles. Officers tried to stop the cars when they were spotted in the Victory Heights neighborhood but they fled, according to SPD. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/federal-way/5-teen-boys-arrested-robbery-driving-stolen-car-federal-way-commons/281-3fd25ac9-9818-42fc-ac12-ca19df67744d