INCIDENTS
— At 2:20 a.m. Dec. 24, a resident of an apartment building in the 900 block of Pine Street heard glass break and saw the silhouette of a person in the common area of the building. Police checked all apartments in the building and all were secure. Sixth District Officer Erwin attempted to lift fingerprints from the common area.
— On Dec. 25, security video showed a male stealing a security camera from outside Spice 28, 1228 Chestnut St. The suspect was described as a 25-year-old Hispanic male, with a thin build, clean-shaven, wearing a white cap and white jacket with a backpack.
— Between 7:30 p.m. Dec. 27 and 7:50 a.m. Dec. 28, someone stole a 1995 Jeep that was parked outside 218 S. 13th St.
— There were two thefts from parked vehicles reported Dec. 22-28: outside 1305 Walnut St. and 1222 Spruce St.
— There was one theft of a bicycle reported this week: outside 1313 Spruce St.
NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS
— On Dec. 27, Sixth District plainclothes officers made two arrests for prostitution at 7:55 p.m. outside Juniper and Locust streets and at 8:20 p.m. outside 240 S. 12th St.
— At 4:20 p.m. Dec. 22, a male went to the Broad Street Ministry, 315 S. Broad St., and became irate when he was told his mail was not ready for pick-up. The male took out a piece of metal and cut the staff worker on the hand with it. Another staff worker wrestled the male to the ground and police were called. The 52-year-old suspect with a Pottstown address was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault and related offenses.
— At 10:25 p.m. Dec. 23, a woman was using her cell phone while in the 1000 block of Clinton Street when a male pushed her from behind, snatched the phone and ran west, then south on 11th Street. A witness chased and caught the suspect at 1100 Lombard St., and police were called. The phone was recovered and the 17-year-old suspect with a South Philadelphia address was charged with robbery and related offenses.