The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Oct.
11-24. 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.
ARRESTS: A man was walking in the 1100 block of Locust Street at 3 a.m. Oct. 11 when two males pulled his hoody over his head, punched him and took his wallet. The victim called 911 and a Sixth District police officer stopped two males inside the 7-11 at 12th and Sansom streets. The victim positively identified both males — a 21-year-old from Southwest Philadelphia and a 19-year-old homeless male — and they were charged with robbery and related offenses.
REPORT: Two males approached a man in the 1200 block of Pine Street at 1:30 a.m. Oct. 12 and demanded his money. One of the perpetrators had his hand under his shirt, simulating a weapon. The offenders fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Both were described as black males wearing black hoodies. One was about 20 years old and 5-foot-3 with a thin build; the other was about 30 and 6-feet tall with a goatee.
REPORT: A man who confronted a male urinating in public ended up in the hospital with an orbital fracture. The incident took place at 2:50 a.m. Oct. 16 in the 1100 block of Pine Street after the passerby approached the urinating male. In response, the male punched the complainant in the face and walked away. The victim went to the hospital two days later and was diagnosed with the fracture to his face. The offender was described as a 5-foot-1 white male with short brown hair and wearing baggy clothing.
ARRESTS: Sixth District plainclothes officers made a total of 25 prostitution arrests from Oct. 12-24 in the Gayborhood, both inside and on the street. Police apprehended the suspects, all male, throughout the 13-day period in the late-evening to early-morning hours at the following locations: 1201 Lombard St., 400 S. 12th St., 1341 Lombard St., 1301 Lombard St., 1200 Pine St., 1200 Locust St., 261 S. 13th St., 1233 Lombard St., 1228 Pine St., 407 S. 13th St. and 300 S. 13th St. Multiple arrests were made in several of those locations. The ages of the suspects were not disclosed.
ARREST: A Sixth District officer gave chase and arrested a man on a bicycle Oct. 18, charging him with the indecent assault of four females in the 10th and Walnut streets area. Between 8-10 p.m. on that date, a biking male groped at least four different women. The officer spotted the suspect at Ninth and Market streets and chased the male to 12th and Arch, where he finally apprehended him. The victims positively identified the suspect, a 23-year-old West Kensington man, as the assailant, and police charged him with multiple counts of indecent assault.
ARREST: Police arrested an apparent drug dealer who allegedly stabbed an unhappy customer. The incident took place Oct. 20 outside an apartment building at 233 S. 13th St. The victim, claiming he was sold oregano instead of marijuana, was arguing with his alleged supplier at 2:25 a.m. when the dealer stabbed him in the chest. The victim was taken to Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition. Responding officers arrested a male who was identified by a witness hiding in the rear courtyard of the building. The suspect, a 37-year-old North Philadelphia man, was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses.
REPORT: A nightclub patron told police she was forced to perform a sex act at gunpoint Oct. 23. The victim reported to 39th District officers that she was inside Club Voyeur, 1221 St. James St., at 1:15 that morning when a male pulled a gun on her and forced her to perform the act, which was not disclosed in police reports. The Police Special Victims Unit is investigating the complaint.
ARRESTS: Police arrested two men who, along with at least three other perpetrators, allegedly attacked and robbed a man outside a pizza shop early on Oct. 24. The victim was exiting the shop in the 200 block of South 13th Street at 4:10 a.m. when a group of about five males pulled him into an alley, punched him and hit him with an unknown hard object, then stole cash from his pants pocket. Officers who were responding to the incident caught two of the suspects in the 1300 block of Walnut Street and recovered cash and a metal pipe. The suspects, a 38-year-old South Philadelphia man and a 21-year-old from North Philly, were charged with robbery, assault and related offenses. The other suspects remain at large.