The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Sept. 20-25. Information is courtesy of Sixth District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association.
REPORT: At 8:40 p.m. Sept. 20, three males grabbed complainant’s phone and purse that were on a table outside Rana Deli, 300 S. 11th St., and fled south. The offenders were described as black males, all 12-13 years old, one wearing a white T-shirt and another wearing a black hoody.
REPORT: Between 4-9 p.m. Sept. 21, complainant’s secured bicycle was stolen from 11th and Walnut streets.
REPORT: At 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23, complainant was walking in the 1300 block of Locust Street talking on an iPhone when a male grabbed it and ran north through a parking lot. The robber was described as a black male, wearing a white T-shirt.
REPORT: Between 10 a.m. Sept. 12 and 11 a.m. Sept. 23, complainant’s secured bicycle was stolen from Pennsylvania Hospital garage, 800 Spruce St.
ARREST UPDATE: A second suspect was arrested in a July holdup.
At 1:40 a.m. July 17, the victim was confronted by two males at 12th and Spruce streets. Armed with a razor, they demanded his valuables. The complainant resisted and was Maced by one of the males, who took his cell phone and cash. Sixth District Officer Auman responded to a 911 call and surveyed the area along with the complainant who identified a male at Camac and Spruce streets as one of the offenders. The 31-year-old suspect with a South Philadelphia address was apprehended and charged with robbery, assault and related offenses. On Sept. 24, the officer was in court at the Criminal Justice Center for this case and arrested a male in the courtroom that the complainant identified as the second offender in this robbery. The 29-year-old alleged thief with a South Philadelphia address was also charged with robbery, assault and related offenses. ARRESTS: Between 10-10:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Sixth District plainclothes officers arrested two males for prostitution at the following locations: 1300 Spruce St. and 300 S. 12th St.
REPORT: At 9:40 p.m. Sept. 25, complainant was entering his residence in the 1200 block of Pine Street when two males approached him from behind, armed with a handgun. They demanded money. The complainant gave them some cash and they took a cell phone and fled west on Pine. The robbers were described as black males, one was 6-foot-4, 220 pounds and wearing a white shirt and jeans, the second was wearing an orange shirt.
REPORT: Between 1-5 p.m. Sept. 24, complainant’s bicycle was stolen in the 1000 block of Pine Street.
REPORT: Between 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 25, complainant’s secured bicycle was stolen from the 800 block of Spruce Street.