The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the 6th Police District between May 14-25. Information is courtesy of 6th District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686-TIPS (8477).
INCIDENTS
— At 11:35 p.m. May 12 (reported May 15), complainant put a plastic bag containing a cell phone and wallet down on the sidewalk at 1300 Spruce St. and a male took it and fled east on Spruce. The suspect was described as a white male in his 40s, about 6-foot-2.
— At 6:40 p.m. May 16, a woman was walking in the 300 block of South Camac Street when two males on a bicycle rode past and snatched her iPhone from her hand. The males fled south on Camac and were described only as Hispanic males.
— Between noon May 14 and 9:30 a.m. May 17, a 1998 Honda parked in the 1100 block of Pine Street was stolen.
— At 5:30 p.m. May 17, a man was walking at 10th and Walnut streets when two man snatched his wallet from his hand and a chain from his neck and fled in an unknown direction. The suspects were described as black males: One was 5-foot-5 and 140 pounds, wearing a blue shirt; the other was 5-foot-11 with a goatee.
— Between 10:30 p.m. May 18 and noon May 19, a 2009 Sanyang motor scooter was stolen from the 1000 block of Waverly Street.
— Between midnight and 6:25 a.m. May 22, a guest at the DoubleTree Hotel, 237 S. Broad St., accidentally left a door ajar and awoke to find a handbag had been taken from the room.
— Between 1:50-2:40 p.m. May 22, a man could not locate his 2011 Hyundai, parked somewhere in the area of 200 S. 10th St. It may have been stolen.
— Between 11 p.m. May 22 and 12:30 a.m. May 23, someone smashed the window of a 2012 Chevy parked in the 1300 block of Walnut Street and stole an iPod. This report was received by the DPR Unit via phone, thus police were not dispatched.
— Between 4:30-9:40 p.m. May 25, a man was in the process of moving out of his apartment in the 1300 block of Spruce Street and discovered a laptop and iPad had been taken while he was moving items to another location. The apartment was locked and there was no forced entry to the premises. Sixth District Officer Sweeney attempted to lift fingerprints.
NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS
— UPDATE: An arrest was made in the April 26 laptop theft from the University of the Arts building. At 7:30 p.m. April 26, the glass door to an office was discovered broken in the building, 211 S. Broad St. Security showed a male leaving the property with laptop computers. Central Detective investigator Velazquez recognized the suspect in the security video and obtained an arrest warrant. On May 17, the 44-year-old suspect with a West Philadelphia address was arrested and charged with burglary and related offenses.
— At 6:30 p.m. May 21, 6th District Bike Officer Sprouls arrested a male wanted on a bench warrant for failure to appear for court outside 211 S. Broad St. The 24-year-old suspect with a Pitman, N.J. address was charged with contempt of court.
— At 7:20 p.m. May 23, 6th District Officers Ferrero and Kovach arrested a female in the 200 block of South 13th Street on an open arrest warrant. The 56-year-old suspect with a local address was charged with leaving the scene of an accident in the 39th District.
— At 9:10 p.m. May 23, 6th District Officers Ferrero and Kovach were on patrol outside 1234 Locust St. when they observed a male hand a female a clear plastic baggy containing other small packets. Upon seeing the officers, the male and female split up and fled; both were apprehended. Recovered from the plastic bag were 48 packets of crack cocaine. The 21-year-old male with a Southwest Philadelphia address and the 29-year-old female with a South Philadelphia address were both charged with possession with intent to deliver narcotics.
— At 12:30 a.m. May 25, a man saw another male take his bicycle outside 1300 Chancellor St. The victim flagged down 6th District Officer Colon, who apprehended the suspect and recovered the bike at 1200 Chestnut St. The 21-year-old man with a West Philadelphia address was charged with theft.
SUMMARY OFFENSE ARRESTS
— On May 16, 6th District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 1:50 a.m. outside 400 S. 13th St. and at 11:05 p.m. outside 400 S. 12th St.
— On May 25, 6th District officers issued a citation for a summary offense at 9:35 p.m. outside 1314 Walnut St.