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DATE: April 10, 2017, 10:20 p.m.

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  1. Possible Secret Service involvement was supported by a 19 year-old
  2. college student known as the "Lithium Bandit," who told
  3. Newsbytes, "I got to the mall about 6:15 and saw the group being detained
  4. by approximately 5 Arlington County police and 5 security guards. When I
  5. walked over to see what was going on, a security guard asked me for an ID
  6. and I refused to show it, saying that I was about to leave. The guard
  7. said that I couldn't leave and told me that I had to see a police
  8. officer. When I did, the officer demanded ID and, when I once again
  9. refused, he informed me that I could be detained for up to 10 hours
  10. for refusing to produce identification. I gave in and produced my
  11. school ID which the police gave to the security people who copied
  12. down my name and social security number."
  13. Lithium Bandit continued, "When I asked the police what was behind this
  14. action, I was told that they couldn't answer but that 'the Secret
  15. Service is involved and we are within our rights doing this."
  16. The boy says he and others later went to the Arlington police station
  17. to get more information and were told only that there was a report
  18. of the use of a stolen credit card and two officers were sent to
  19. investigate. "They later admitted that it was 5 [officers]. While I was
  20. detained, I heard no mention of a credit card and there was no one
  21. arrested."

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