DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) – Three teenagers were arrested Monday night after they allegedly tried to rob a store and led deputies on a chase.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call from a concerned Walgreens employee on Timberline Road in Highlands Ranch. Deputies said the employee reported three men inside the store were wearing black hoodies and black masks and believed the store was being robbed.

Deputies said they called back down the road, but no one answered. when they arrived, the three teenagers ran from the store.

One teenager was immediately arrested, but the other two ran from deputies. Deputies said one entered a neighborhood and jumped fences into residential yards. Deputies urged him to stop, but he ignored them. He was eventually taken into custody in the backyard of a home on Amherst Ct.

The third teenager was arrested shortly afterwards.

Deputies said a 16-year-old male from Parker was taken to a juvenile detention center. He faces charges of theft, obstruction, trespassing and resisting arrest. The other two teenagers, ages 16 and 14 from Highland Ranch, were released back to their parents with possible theft charges.

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