This from the Yahoo! Message Board. A pattern of juvenile crime is unfolding in the Adams Point Neighborhood. Where are the parents of these kids?
Mugging on Van Buren near Staten on Friday, June 30. An acquaintance of mine was driving along Van Buren at approx. 2:30 p.m. She told me she had seen a young Asian woman picked up and roughly thrown to ground by mugger who successfully grabbed her large purse. Victim screamed loud enough to catch the attention of several neighbors, as well as this driver.
A terrific neighbor on Staten chased the culprit on foot but couldn't catch up before he got away. Meanwhile, my acquaintance followed the man to where a car + driver was waiting for him on Staten below Van Buren. She saw culprit get into a taupe
colored, new-looking, shiny American-made sedan. Car then turned onto Belmont and got lost from view.
She called police but Oakland 9-1-1 line was busy. Finally, she turned over info on get-away car to concerned neighbor(s), as she was on work time and had to leave. A neighbor on Staten called the police, and police did come to take report. Don't know whether victim has made a police report or not.
Mugger is young (16-20 years old), a black man with very dark complexion, short (5'4" or less), slender to medium build, braids to almost shoulder length, white t-shirt and jeans or black pants. Neighbor(s) on Staten or Van Buren may be able to add more to this account. Although the culprit wasn't caught that day, I was pleased to see several people get involved to the best of their ability.
Mugging on Van Buren near Staten on Friday, June 30. An acquaintance of mine was driving along Van Buren at approx. 2:30 p.m. She told me she had seen a young Asian woman picked up and roughly thrown to ground by mugger who successfully grabbed her large purse. Victim screamed loud enough to catch the attention of several neighbors, as well as this driver.
A terrific neighbor on Staten chased the culprit on foot but couldn't catch up before he got away. Meanwhile, my acquaintance followed the man to where a car + driver was waiting for him on Staten below Van Buren. She saw culprit get into a taupe
colored, new-looking, shiny American-made sedan. Car then turned onto Belmont and got lost from view.
She called police but Oakland 9-1-1 line was busy. Finally, she turned over info on get-away car to concerned neighbor(s), as she was on work time and had to leave. A neighbor on Staten called the police, and police did come to take report. Don't know whether victim has made a police report or not.
Mugger is young (16-20 years old), a black man with very dark complexion, short (5'4" or less), slender to medium build, braids to almost shoulder length, white t-shirt and jeans or black pants. Neighbor(s) on Staten or Van Buren may be able to add more to this account. Although the culprit wasn't caught that day, I was pleased to see several people get involved to the best of their ability.
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