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Man Arrested for Alleged Attempted Robbery of Pedestrian’s Backpack
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Ithaca Police officers arrested a man Tuesday night after he allegedly attempted to take a backpack off of a passerby’s back.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/robbery/page/2/)
Ithaca Police officers arrested a man Tuesday night after he allegedly attempted to take a backpack off of a passerby’s back.
A man sustained minor injuries and was transported to the hospital after being robbed of the cash in his pocket and shoved to the ground by four men near Collegetown on Friday night, police said.
“The altercation went to the ground as the two male victims fought with the assailant,” the release said.
“Saturday morning we were playing our Xbox on our TV, and Saturday night they were both gone,” he said.
There was a brief, unsuccessful struggle over the victim’s cell phone, before the suspect reportedly punched the victim and left the area on foot in an unknown direction.