Police are looking for these two males in connection with a string of robberies early Tuesday. Click to enlarge. (Photo courtesy of Detective Joe Murray).
Update – Click here for the full surveillance video of the suspects.
Police are searching for two young males they believe are responsible for at least four muggings in less than an hour early Tuesday morning. The robberies are the latest in a number of muggings at gunpoint in the last week.
The details on each robbery on Tuesday morning, which were committed with a handgun:
• 12:45 a.m. – 4800 block of Warrington. Two cell phones were taken.
• 1:05 a.m. – 4700 block Cedar. A driver’s license and cell phone were taken.
• 1:20 a.m. – 6000 block of Market. A cell phone, credit cards and a vehicle were taken. The vehicle was later recovered.
• 1:30 a.m. – 200 block of S. 48th. Car keys were taken and the victim’s vehicle, which was parked on the 4800 block of Locust, was later reported missing.
May 26th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
I notice that many of these crimes are committed after midnight. Neighbors need to be especially vigilant and take necessary precautions when out that late at night. A Town Watch would be helpful, but who wants to be up at that time to be a presence for those out at the bar or other late-night activities.
Joe (48th & Walton vicinity)
May 26th, 2011 at 11:32 pm
That photo is fairly detailed. Someone must know these guys. It’s just a matter of making it known and offering a reward.
June 1st, 2011 at 3:10 am
To Joe Clarke: I hope you are not implying that those who engage in “late-night activities” are less deserving of protection than those who choose to get up with the sun and be in bed by 10 pm.
Gerardo Razumney
June 1st, 2011 at 9:48 am
No, not at all. They need to be especially careful since many of these robberies and assaults take place in the wee hours. In some sense though, Gerardo, if they are alone and have been drinking, they are on their own. It’s like safe-sex; it’s an individual responsibility to take the necessary precautions.
Joe
June 1st, 2011 at 10:19 am
my “other late night activities” include arriving home from work around that hour … i take every practical precaution i can, from making the cab driver wait for me to calling my partner to meet me at the door. will this keep me safe? it has so far, but the rash of thugs & thieves in the neighborhood has even the most careful residents concerned.
June 1st, 2011 at 12:28 pm
So Joe, you are saying that they are less deserving of protection, at least if they have been drinking instead of doing something that you consider wholesome. It is not at all like not caring about safe sex, because in that case people are willingly and knowingly engaging in an activity that carries a risk, while an individual who is mugged has not done that, it is visited upon him without his participation in creating the risk — unless you think that he should be somehow punished for going out to a bar and drinking at such ungodly time.
Gerardo Razumney
June 1st, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Gerardo, Let’s drop the moral judgement on people who wish to, or have to, be out late. It’s as old as time that people are more apt to get mugged or murdered during the late hours and/or in an inebriated state. As Willie Sutton said, “I rob banks because that’s where the money is.”
In the real world of urban crime, if you are out late and do not take the necessary precautions, then you are willingly engaging in high-risk behavior. You are making yourself a target. You are the “bank” for the late-night desperadoes. If you want to arrive home safely take precautions. Don’t be naive. In an ideal world no one has to work 3rd shift or worry about crime, but In West Philadelphia you do.
June 1st, 2011 at 7:35 pm
There is a safe-walks service operated by UCD: http://www.universitycity.org/ucd_programs/public_safety
Cut and pasted from the site:
“UC Walk
As an extension of Penn’s safety escort service, the UCD Public Safety Program has brought UC Walk to all members of the University City community. Those needing someone to walk them to transportation, a meeting, or home can call 215 898 WALK (9255), and an Ambassador will be dispatched. The service operates 24 hours a day.”
I’ve never used it but I’ve got the number in my cell phone just in case.