Two off-campus robberies have occurred within the past week, both within a block of the Homewood campus.
An off-campus strong-armed robbery occurred on Friday, Sept. 6 at 1:45 a.m. on the 3200 block of North Charles Street. The assailants were two black males, reportedly in their early 20s and of light complexion.
The men, reportedly wearing bandanas over their faces, accosted two undergraduate students who were walking north on the east side of North Charles Street, according to the Johns Hopkins Security Department crime report. The report states that the assailants pushed the students into the bushes, "took their cash and fled on foot."
The muggers were approximately six feet-tall and 170 pounds, clothed in jeans and t-shirts.
A second armed robbery took place on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 1:05 a.m. on the 3400 block of St. Paul Street. According to the crime report, two males, one holding a handgun, "demanded and took property" from an undergraduate student.
The student was walking south on the west side of St. Paul Street when a "late 1970's, faded gray sedan pulled past," according to the report. Two males exited, while one remained inside the vehicle. One of the assailants displayed his handgun, and the second stole both money and property from the student. They then fled south on St. Paul Street, according to the report.
Both Northern District Police and Hopkins Security officers responded, and the student was uninjured.
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