Gayborhood Crime Watch: Feb. 8-14, 2016

INCIDENTS

— At 3:50 a.m. Feb. 9, a man was walking in the 1300 block of Locust Street when five men, one with a knife, exited a black SUV and assaulted him. The victim sustained a cut on his face. The suspects were only described as black and in their 20s.

 

— At 10:15 p.m. Feb. 11, a man was walking in the 200 block of S. Juniper Street when a panhandler attacked him after he refused to give him money. The suspect was only described as a Hispanic male, 5-foot-8, 175 pounds.

— There was one theft of a bicycle reported Feb. 8-14: outside 120 S. 13th St.

NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS

— At 9:35 p.m. Feb. 9, a man stole a patron’s wallet inside Jamonera Restaurant, 105 S. 13th St. As the culprit fled, the victim notified a police bike-patrol officer, and Sixth District Officers Chim and Wimsey apprehended the suspect at 12th and Ludlow streets. The wallet was recovered, and the 37-year-old suspect was charged with theft. 

—At 9:15 p.m. Feb. 10, two men held up a man at knifepoint who was waiting for a bus at 11th and Walnut streets. The thieves took the victim’s wallet. Responding SEPTA and Center City District officers apprehended the suspects in the 300 block of South Quince Street, and recovered the knife. The 34-year-old suspect with a Kensington address and the 39-year-old suspect with a Logan address were charged with robbery and related offenses.

— On Feb. 16, Center City District officers arrested a suspect in the 1300 block of Walnut Street, shortly after he committed a bank robbery in the 1100 block of Chestnut St. The 34-year-old suspect with a halfway-house address will be processed and charged by the FBI for multiple counts of bank robbery.

— At 6:05 p.m. Feb. 13, a man who was detained for shoplifting inside Century 21, 821 Market St., was found to be in possession of a loaded handgun. The 31-year-old suspect with a South Philadelphia address was charged with theft and weapons violations. 

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