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COVINGTON, La. – A group of teenagers working on a school project which had them wearing ski masks and carrying weapons ended with arrests when the Covington Police and a sniper responded to the scene of a fake robbery, Covington Police spokesman Capt. Jack West said Tuesday.Monday afternoon, Covington Police received a call from a witness saying two teenagers donning ski masks picked up an assault rifle and a pistol out of the trunk of a car and entered Expressions in Gold, a jewelry store, police said. While the witness was on the phone, the teenagers, while inside the store,...