The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the 6th Police District between Nov. 18-24. 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
— Between 6 p.m. Nov. 17 and 9 a.m. Nov.18, someone smashed a side window of I. Goldberg, 1300 Chestnut St., and stole a helmet from a window display. Sixth District Officer Maiorano was unable to lift fingerprints.
— At 1:45 a.m. Nov. 20, a complainant was accosted in the 400 block of South 10th Street and punched several times by two unknown black males. The victim walked to the South Street mini station and made the report.
NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS
— At 9 a.m. Nov. 18, the parking-garage attendant at 337 S. Broad St. was threatened by a male with a gun after the attendant asked him to pull his car forward. Sixth District Officers Gillespie and Gable apprehended the suspect when he returned to claim his vehicle. The 32-year-old with a Germantown address was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses. The gun was not recovered.
— At 10:47 p.m. Nov. 18, a woman was walking at 11th and Pine streets when a male and female came up behind her, grabbed her handbag, punched her and fled south with the bag. The woman immediately called 911 and officers assigned to the South Street detail apprehended two suspects at 1001 South St. The victim’s stolen items were recovered. A 25-year-old male with a South Philadelphia address and a 23-year-old female with a Northeast Philadelphia address were charged with robbery and related offenses.
— At 8:30 a.m. Nov. 19, SEPTA employees saw a male jump the turnstile at the station at Eighth and Market streets and attempted to eject him from the station when the male pushed the employee and threw hot coffee on him. SEPTA police arrested the 29-year-old suspect with a homeless-shelter address and charged him with aggravated assault and related offenses. — At 12:55 p.m. Nov. 21, 6th District plainclothes Officers Wenger and Seifert, assigned to the Washington Square West area, observed a male steal an unattended bicycle in the 200 block of Alder Street. The officers arrested the 55-year-old man with a Southwest Philadelphia address and charged him with theft. The bike’s owner, a delivery man, was located.
— At 1:25 p.m. Nov. 21, 6th District Officer Blackburn arrested a male outside 1118 Market St. who was wanted on a warrant for probation violations. The 60-year-old suspect with a West Philadelphia address was charged with escape.
— At 12:30 p.m. Nov. 22, a woman stole another woman’s handbag that was left on a table inside McDonald’s, 942 Market St. The suspect was apprehended at Ninth and Ranstead streets by Center City District foot-beat Officer Moroney. The 29-year-old suspect with a Port Richmond address was charged with theft.
— At 2:45 p.m. Nov. 22, a woman was outside 10th and Market streets taking pictures with her iPad when a young male snatched it from her hands and fled east. A suspect was apprehended in the 1000 block of Chestnut Street by Center City District Officers Moore and Gray. The suspect, age 13, with a North Philadelphia address, was charged with theft.
SUMMARY ARRESTS
— On Nov. 18, Center City District officers issued citations at 11:50 a.m. outside 100 S. Broad St., 3:45 p.m. outside 1326 Walnut St. and 4:20 p.m. outside 108 S. 13th St. Sixth District officers issued a citation at 9:55 p.m. outside 1300 Cypress St.
— At 4:50 a.m. Nov. 19, 6th District officers issued a citation outside 1201 St. James St.
— On Nov. 21, 6th District officers issued citations at 12:40 a.m. outside 1200 St. James St., 12:15 p.m. outside 400 S. Watts St., 2:30 p.m. outside 211 S. Broad St., 4:55 p.m. outside 200 S. 12th St., 6 p.m. outside 1300 Walnut St., 8:20 p.m. outside 200 S. 13th St. and 8:45 p.m. outside 1300 Sansom St.
— At 4:05 a.m. Nov. 22, 6th District officers issued a citation outside 201 S. Camac St.
— On Nov. 23, 6th District officers issued citations at midnight outside 201 S. 13th St. and 2:55 a.m. outside 1307 Sansom St.