Bill Green, who lives on the 4800 block of Regent reports that there was an attempted robbery by two people wielding a machete and a baseball bat on his block. He writes:
Another attempted robbery at machete point tonight on my block, 4800 Regent St. This time two men with ski masks, one with a machete & one with a baseball bat. They grabbed the man they tried to rob & acted menacing, but he yelled & lots of people (first & loudest his girlfriend) came out yelling & they ran away without getting anything. They wanted the man’s backpack. No one was hurt. This was about 8:30 pm, February 9th.
There was a similar mugging on the 4800 block of Beaumont, about four blocks north of Regent, in early January.
February 10th, 2011 at 8:10 am
Thanks so much for getting this out there so quickly, he said the robbers seemed “hesitant” so people keep your heads up and don’t be afraid to yell, we’ve got your back!
February 10th, 2011 at 9:35 am
Nice work to those who helped stop the robbery. You got some kudos from philly.com too:
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dncrime/Failed_W_Philly_robbers_use_machetes_bats.html
February 11th, 2011 at 11:31 am
I was one of the victims from the Beaumont incident. There were three of them there; my friend and I are pretty sure they followed us from Baltimore and waited until we went on a darker block, so look out for anyone suspicious following you, even on busier streets.