Crime & Safety
Cell Phone Taken in Strong-Arm Robbery on Downer Avenue Last Weekend
A Shorewood man was treated for minor injuries after he told police he was punched in the face while riding his bicycle and forced to hand over his cell phone.
A Shorewood man says he was punched in the face and his cell phone stolen in a strong-arm robbery Saturday.
The victim told police he was riding his bicycle in the 4000 block of North Downer Avenue when a man jumped out of a tan 4-door sedan, punched him in the face and demanded his cell phone.
The robber grabbed a $280 Blackberry, jumped back into the sedan and fled southbound on Downer Avenue.
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The victim was treated for a swollen lip.
Police say they have no suspects in the robbery.
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, when a man parked in an SUV ran across Downer Avenue, pushed a woman off her bicycle and demanded her cell phone.
The suspect, without the cell phone, later retreated back to his car and drove off.
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