noon. good afternoon. we begin with four arrests that oakland police say closed the door on a string of violent robberies. in recent weeks, residents say they ve been terrorized by this latest crime spree. tara is live with more. reporter: good afternoon. it was really the quick thinking of an oakland police officer with a good eye that marked the end of this very violent crime spree this morning. he was looking for the suspect s car, that has just been towed away. here s what it looked like from 9 until 10:00 this morning. they say they tracked down four robbery suspects here while they were buying snacks after the group had begun targeting people on the streets from 6:00 in the morning until 8:30. we had a series of street robberies this morning in central oakland. we had two events where a gold lexus was described, a very specific lexus. reporter: authorities say the suspects started their spree on 22nd and east 12th street then struck again on the 2800 block of fo