curtiswr
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[font="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"]To the VCU and VCU Health System Communities:
VCU Police report that four robberies were committed early this morning by an unknown assailant in the vicinity of the Monroe Park Campus. Three of the robberies involved students. There were no injuries.
Victims described the suspect as a black male, between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall, thin build and around 30 years old. He displayed a knife in three of the four incidents. In two incidents, he wore a black jacket with a fur hood and a red shirt. He also was described as wearing a blue vest with a white shirt in one of the incidents. He wore a hat in two incidents and was described as having close-cut hair.
The first robbery happened around midnight at the intersections of South Laurel and West Cary streets and involved one student victim. The second robbery happened approximately 12:55 in Monroe Park and involved two students. The third robbery happened at 1:05 a.m. near the Oliver Hall loading dock at Harrison and Main streets and involved two students. A fourth robbery at 3:50 a.m. happened at Cumberland and Belvidere streets. The victim in the last robbery was not a VCU student.
VCU Police and the Richmond Police departments are working together to identify and apprehend the suspect. They ask that you report any suspicious activity (828-1234) and to use the VCU Escort Service (828-WALK). VCU Police also remind VCU students, faculty and staff to use well traveled and lit areas when walking at nighttime around or near campus, to notify police immediately of any suspicious activity or if they are victims of a crime and to travel in groups. The university community also is reminded that more than 300 emergency phones with a direct line to VCU Police are located throughout the Monroe Park and MCV campuses.
For crime prevention information and a list of emergency phones, visit http://www.vcu.edu/police .
We will update you on these incidents as more information becomes available.
Sincerely,
John M. Bennett
Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration
Had anyone of the victims been carrying, this would be a non-issue, and would instead be reported as a self defense incident during a failed robbery... especially with the criminal bringing a knife. Guess one day he'll slip up and pick the wrong person though and the phrase "Don't bring a knife to a gun fight" will literally flash right before his eyes.
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[font="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"]To the VCU and VCU Health System Communities:
VCU Police report that four robberies were committed early this morning by an unknown assailant in the vicinity of the Monroe Park Campus. Three of the robberies involved students. There were no injuries.
Victims described the suspect as a black male, between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall, thin build and around 30 years old. He displayed a knife in three of the four incidents. In two incidents, he wore a black jacket with a fur hood and a red shirt. He also was described as wearing a blue vest with a white shirt in one of the incidents. He wore a hat in two incidents and was described as having close-cut hair.
The first robbery happened around midnight at the intersections of South Laurel and West Cary streets and involved one student victim. The second robbery happened approximately 12:55 in Monroe Park and involved two students. The third robbery happened at 1:05 a.m. near the Oliver Hall loading dock at Harrison and Main streets and involved two students. A fourth robbery at 3:50 a.m. happened at Cumberland and Belvidere streets. The victim in the last robbery was not a VCU student.
VCU Police and the Richmond Police departments are working together to identify and apprehend the suspect. They ask that you report any suspicious activity (828-1234) and to use the VCU Escort Service (828-WALK). VCU Police also remind VCU students, faculty and staff to use well traveled and lit areas when walking at nighttime around or near campus, to notify police immediately of any suspicious activity or if they are victims of a crime and to travel in groups. The university community also is reminded that more than 300 emergency phones with a direct line to VCU Police are located throughout the Monroe Park and MCV campuses.
For crime prevention information and a list of emergency phones, visit http://www.vcu.edu/police .
We will update you on these incidents as more information becomes available.
Sincerely,
John M. Bennett
Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration
Had anyone of the victims been carrying, this would be a non-issue, and would instead be reported as a self defense incident during a failed robbery... especially with the criminal bringing a knife. Guess one day he'll slip up and pick the wrong person though and the phrase "Don't bring a knife to a gun fight" will literally flash right before his eyes.
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