Since May 17, Seattle Police Robbery detectives have been busy investigating a series of robberies in North Seattle in which elderly females were attacked, mostly when loading or unloading items from their vehicles.

The robbers were apparently armed with a stun gun. The suspects fled the scene of the crime in stolen vehicles.

Both vehicles used during the commission of the robberies have since been recovered and processed by detectives. Information developed during the course of the ongoing investigation led to the identity of the suspects.

During the afternoon hours of May 28, Robbery detectives arrested a 17-year-old female suspect and a 22-year-old male suspect in the 13400 block of Greenwood Avenue North.

On the morning of June 2, a third suspect, a 21-year-old female, was arrested in the 13700 block of 32nd Avenue Northeast. She is currently being questioned at police headquarters.

A fourth suspect, a 25-year-old female, was arrested later on June 2 in Burien.

The robberies occurred as follows:

• May 17 at 1:45 p.m. in the 4200 block of Phinney Avenue North.
• May 19 at 12:54 p.m. in the 9300 block of 22nd Avenue Northwest.
• May 20 at 12:07 p.m. in the 700 block of North 102nd Street.
• May 22 at 6:08 p.m. in the 11200 block of Lakeside Avenue Northeast.
• May 24 at 2:20 p.m. in the 400 block of Northeast 85th Street.