A woman was the victim of a strong arm robbery near Campanile Way Sunday night.
The woman, a 28-year-old female student, was walking on campus playing a game on her iPhone when she was approached by a man who grabbed her cellphone, according to a UCPD crime alert.
“Our officers responded and learned the victim had her cell phone stolen,” said UCPD Capt. Margo Bennett. “An officer received a description of the suspect and were able to stop and detain a suspect meeting the description the victim and witness identified.”
The victim chased the suspect and screamed for help and two bystanders followed the suspect and managed to retrieve the victim’s phone, according to the alert.
According to Bennett, UCPD received a call at 7:45 p.m. saying that an individual was chasing a suspect down Frank Schlessinger Way.
Bennett said officers arrested David Tecle on the 2100 block of Allston Way at 8:06 p.m. and recovered the woman’s cell phone.
The woman was not injured during the incident.
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This is poorly written, daily cal.
thanks for concealing the suspect’s race, daily cal
They caught the suspect so, your purpose in demanding to know is …?? Never mind, we ALL know the answer
Lol, welcome to the new stalinism, where you are only allowed access to the information that the government deems necessary.
If I want to know his race, it’s my right to know, and your screeching about racism won’t dissuade my interest.
tisk, tisk… current student, when will your idiotic delusions end?
Are you denied access – by the government – to certain information when the DailyCal – a non-governmental actor – withholds it?
No, no you are not so denied. You yourself may inquire at UCPD or BPD – ie law enforcement/governmental actors – and you can find out if you so please.
Current Student foolishly invokes ‘Stalinism’ to criticize parties wholly separate from the state, and yet ‘current student’ still expects to be taken seriously! LOLOLOLOL
as to this: “your screeching about racism won’t dissuade my interest”
ahahahahahah, you might have we’ll have said “I’m not a racist but…”
face it ‘current student’, you’re either an ignorant racist, a troll, or both
Maybe she shouldn’t have been walking and playing games on her phone at the same time. No sympathy
So you blame the victim because she was using her phone? Come on. People need to be a little more forward thinking than this.
No sympathy, eh? You’re a douchebag.