Aug. 18-24, 2014

INCIDENTS

— At 1:45 a.m. Aug. 23, a patron was inadvertently hit with a bar stool that was thrown during a fight inside Valanni’s, 1229 Spruce St. The suspect was described as a white male, 6 feet, 180 pounds, with long brown hair, wearing a red shirt and jeans.

— At 10:30 a.m. Aug. 17 (reported Aug. 18), a woman who lives in the 1300 block of Chestnut Street reported that she believes her roommate poured nail polish remover in her drink that she took a sip from. No injuries were reported.

— There was one theft of a parked vehicle reported this week, at 1200 Market St.

— There were two thefts of bicycles reported this week, at 1120 Pine St. and 1300 Chestnut St.

NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS

— At 3 a.m. Aug. 21 (reported at 6:30 p.m.), a group of males knocked a man off his bicycle in the 200 block of South 13th Street and stole his iPhone and wallet. The suspects were four black males in their 20s. Sixth District plainclothes Officers Ferrero, Grant and Kovach sent a text message to the victim’s stolen phone and received a message back that the phone could be bought for $300 and to meet at 24th and Dickinson streets. The officers went to that location and found a group of males, two of whom the victim identified. The stolen phone was recovered and the two 18-year-old suspects, both with South Philadelphia addresses, were charged with robbery and related offenses.

— At 5:25 p.m. Aug. 20, Macy’s security observed a male steal a wallet from a shopper’s handbag inside 1300 Market St. He was apprehended, and it was discovered he had other stolen credit cards he had used in the store Aug. 19. The 49-year-old suspect was charged with two counts of theft and related offenses.

SUMMARY ARRESTS

— At 6:05 p.m. Aug. 18, Sixth District officers issued a citation for a summary offense outside 233 S. 13th St.

— At 11:30 a.m. Aug. 19, Center City District officers issued a citation for a summary offense outside 201 S. 13th St.

— On Aug. 20, Center City District officers issued two citations for summary offenses at 10 a.m. outside 1300 Walnut St., and Sixth District officers issued two citations for summary offenses at 10:30 p.m. outside 123 S. Juniper St.

— On Aug. 19, Center City District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 11:30 a.m. outside 201 S. 13th St., at 11:45 a.m. outside 100 S. 12th St. and at 11:55 a.m. outside 1200 Chestnut St.

— At 11:30 p.m. Aug. 21, Sixth District officers issued a citation for a summary offense outside 1300 Drury St.

— At 1:30 p.m. Aug. 24, Sixth District officers issued four citations for summary offenses outside 1200 Chestnut St.

 

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