Street Crimes
Reported December 1-30, 2009
Published: February 3rd, 2010
Conn., 2600 blk.: woman coming out of Metro station robbed by man who claimed to have gun [12mid, Wed., 12/9]
Georgia, 3000 blk.: person assaulted & robbed by man [7pm, Tue., 12/22]
Kenyon, 1300 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by 2 others of cellphone & wallet [10:45pm, Wed., 12/16]
L, 1200 blk.(alley): 2 persons accosted by 2 men wearing masks, one of whom was robbed [5:15a,. Sat., 12/5]
Lamont, 600 blk.: man sitting in his car accosted by another who forced him at gunpoint to get out of the car and was robbed, whereupon the robber got in the car & drove it away [3:1am, Mon, 12/7]
Lamont, 700 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by 2 others [8:15pm, Sat., 12/19]
Lamont & Georgia: man assaulted & robbed by 2 others [1pm, Sat., 12/19]
M, 2000 blk.: man assaulted & robbed of cash by 2 others [3:45am, Sat., 12/5] (case closed with arrest of both, ages 23 & 27)
Mt. Pleasant, 3300 blk.: person robbed of cellphone & cash at gunpoint by 2 men [11am, Sat., 12/26]
Mt. Pleasant, 3300 blk.: man delivering pizza attacked & robbed of the pizza by 5 young men (reportedly teenage) who then damaged his moped before leaving the scene [8:15pm, Sun., 12/27]
Newton, 1700 blk.: person robbed of cash at gunpoint by 2 men [11:45pm, Sat., 12/26]
O, 600 blk.: man accosted by another (reportedly teenage) who deamanded his shoes & cash and following being robbed of both was assaulted [3:15pm, Thu., 12/3]
O, 2100 blk.: person accosted from behind by another, knocked to the ground causing injury & robbed of debit card [1:45am, Wed., 12/30]
P, unit blk.: person assaulted & robbed by 2 others [5:45pm, Tue., 12/8]
P, 2000 blk.: store robbed of cash from the register & safe at gunpoint by young man (reportedly teenage) [6:15pm, Sat., 12/26]
R, 1400 blk.: man entering his apartment building robbed of cash at gunpoint by another [1:15am, Sun., 12/27] (case closed with arrest)
Summit, 1700 blk.: man robbed of wallet by 3 others [10:15pm, Fri., 12/18]
T, 400 blk.: person robbed by 2 men wearing masks [10:45pm, Thu., 12/3]
U, 300 blk.: person robbed at gunpoint by 2 others [1am, Tue., 12/8]
U, 500 blk.: person walking past parked car with 3 men sitting inside robbed at gunpoint by one of them who had gotten out [7:30am, Tue., 12/8]
U, 1000 blk.: woman’s cellphone snatched from her by man while she was using it [9:45pm, Mon., 12/7]
U, 1300 blk.: woman attacked & robbed of cellphone by 2 young men (reportedly teenage) [2:30pm, Sun., 12/27]
1st (Pl.), 1100 blk.: pizza deliveryman accosted by 2 young men (reportedly teenage), one of whom pulled a gun, who demanded cash & the pizza but were foiled when deliveryman threw a bottle at them & fled [10:45pm, Fri., 12/4]
3rd & Elm: person robby 2 men with guns who ad gotten out of car [6pm, Tue., 12/8]
3rd & R: 2 persons waiting at bus stop robbed by 3 men, one of who had a gun [5pm, Fri,,12/4]
5th & Mass.: man accosted by another who demanded cash & when refused man was assaulted, whereupon a witness intervened & placed assailant in a headlock until police made arrest [1am, Mon., 12/21]
5th, 1600 blk.: man leaving a store accosted from behind by 4 boys, hit in the face with an unknown object causing him to fall & then robbed [8:15pm, Fri., 12/4]
6th & Bryant: man assaulted & robbed at knifepoint by another [7pm, Thu., 12/17]
6th, 400 blk. (pkg. lot): man accosted from behind by 2 others, one of who had a gun, and robbed [6:30pm, Mon., 12/7]
7th, 1100 blk.: man threatened & robbed by 2 others [4:30pm, Fri., 12/25] (this robbery appears possibly to have been committed by the same 2 men 15 minutes later 4 blocks away, in the 1200 block of 10th St. as noted below)
10th, 1200 blk.: 2 persons attacked by 2 men, one of whom robbed of wallet [4:45pm, Fri., 12/25] (this robbery appears possibly to have been committed by the same 2 men 15 minutes previously 4 blocks away, in the 1100 block of 7th St. as noted below)
11th, 1900 blk.: man accosted & robbed of cash at gunpoint by 3 others who then left the scene in car [12:15pm, Fri., 12/25]
11th, 2700 blk.: 2 men accosted by another brandishing a knife who demanded their wallets & who complied only after he threatened to kill them [2:15am, Sat., 12/5]
13th & Mass.: man robbed at gunpoint by 3 others [2:45pm, Sat., 12/5]
14th & P: man on bicycle accosted by 3 others, one of whom brandished a knife & demanded cash, but got away, though with a cut on his finger as a result of attempting to stop the knife from cutting him [1:30pm, Fri., 12/4]
14th & T: man robbed by another who then left the scene in a waiting car driven by another [7:15pm, Mon., 12/21]
14th, 1700 blk.: man robbed by another of after-hours bank deposit envelope containing cash [8:45pm, Mon., 12/28]
14th, 2500 blk.: person robbed of wallet at gunpoint by 3 others [12:30am, Sun., 12/27]
14th, 3400 blk.: person accosted, slapped & robbed of cash by 5 men [10pm, Mon., 12/28]
14th, 3500 blk.: woman in process of locking up her store attacked & robbed by man [4:30pm, Mon., 12/28]
15th, 2800 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by 3 others [9:15pm, Wed., 12/16]
17th & Euclid: man assaulted & robbed by 4 others [7pm, Mon., 12/21]
17th & Q: intoxicated man withdrawing cash from ATM robbed by another person [2am, Sat., 12/5]
17th, 2300 blk.: man’s cellphone snatched from him by another, following which he chased the man, caught up with him & attempted to retrieve the phone, whereupon a struggle ensued but ended when 4 other men appeared, attacked him & robbed him of backpack & wallet [8:30pm, Sat., 12/26]
18th, 2200 blk.: 1 of 2 persons avoided having her purse snatched from her by man who attempted to take it as he walked past but did not succedd because of struggle [1am, Wed., 12/2]
19th, 1600 blk.: woman using cellphone accosted by young man (reportedly teenage) who grabbed the phone, whereupon a struggle ensued causing her to fall & lose the phone to the robber [4pm, Tue., 12/8]
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The above is a sampling of reported street crimes in the 3rd Police District and the Bloomingdale neighborhood portion of the 5th District. Times shown are approximate. Emphasis here is placed, for the most part, on listing crimes against persons occurring in or adjacent to public space. Not generally reported are most assaults stemming from verbal altercations nor the extraordinary numbers of burglaries, auto heists, and "smash and grab" from parked cars.
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