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An armed man robbed a man in Center City before traveling south to rob another in Newbold 15 minutes later Sunday morning.
The mugger was pedaling his black mountain bike on the 1500 bock of Lombard Street when he cut off a 28-year-old man at 6:35 a.m.; pointed a small, black revolver at him and said, “give me the phone,” Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. The man handed over his iPhone 4. The offender fled in an unknown direction.
At 6:50 a.m., the same offender followed a 24-year-old near 17th and Latona streets before approaching the man — who was talking on his black iPhone 3GS — and said “give me your phone” as he held him at gunpoint, Tolliver said.
The man hesitated, so the perpetrator repeated his demand, Tolliver said. The man complied. The offender said, “you would get shot over a damn phone” and fled in an unknown direction.
The offender was described as black, age 17 to 22, thin and wearing a white shirt, black jacket, dark blue or black jeans and sneakers.
To report information, call South Detectives’ tip line at 215-685-1635 or visit www.phillypolice.com/forms.
Contact Managing Editor Amanda L. Snyder at asnyder@southphillyreview.com or ext. 117.
Also in this week’s Police Report:
Mother charged with murder
Invading the wrong home
Hit-and-run biker
Pharmacist sent to jail
Witnesses scare robber
Focus group forming
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