In light of the several muggings it would be prudent for people to keep
on alert for groups of kids/youth on their street that they do not
recognize.
I look down the street to see if I'm going to walk that way. If muggers
are out they usually have a different body language than just kids on
the street.
I agree with Al that anyone can be the target. A young man who was
courting a young women next door had his bike snatched from him as he
sat on the
stoop in front of the apartment building.
Joe Clarke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mario's experience on Farragut & Sansom was disturbing.
At least as much so, a resident of 45th between Locust & Spruce was
held up two doors down from his house -- at gunpoint -- on Sunday
evening. In case anyone thinks it's just affluent-looking white people
being targeted, this fellow is a non-affluent-looking African American.
He lost a cell phone and $74 and is still quite shaken-up, but the
good news is that he's physically unharmed.
The other good news is that -- thanks to his riding around with the
cops for a few hours and, as he told me, "you don't forget the face of
someone holding a gun to your head," one of the little creeps was
apprehended (he still had the gun with him) -- and promptly blabbed
and gave up the other two (two males and one female in total). None of
them was from the area (nor, I believe, from the West Park low-income
housing project, either).
Al Krigman
(I guess it's OK if you keep growling, Pluto)
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