To make the list a youth must be arrested at least five times.

One youth, still 17, has been arrested 48 times in 2 years.

The two youths involved in the fight were not arrested.

Six other youths were also arrested on the same charges in March.

And this afternoon a third youth, age 15, was arrested on the same charges.

Of the 200 youths arrested, only four now face criminal charges.

Some 11,500 youths under 16 are arrested every year in the city, probation officials say.

This means a youth could be arrested several times on weapons charges and still have a clean record at age 16.

Three other youths were arrested later and indicted on the same charges.

The youth was arrested later that night, he said.