Student robbed by man with hatchet

A University student was robbed in his apartment by a man wielding a hatchet, according to police. The suspect, carrying a hatchet and claiming to carry a gun, confronted the male student as he attempted to enter his apartment at about noon yesterday on 41st Street between Baltimore and Pine streets, police said. The robber forced the student into the apartment and told the student to remain in the bathroom while the suspect robbed the room. The student told police that he ran out of the apartment as soon as he heard the man leave the apartment. The student ran to the University Police Department on the 3900 block of Locust Walk to report the crime yesterday afternoon, Sergeant Michael Fink said. The burglar, who was described as being five feet, 10 inches tall and weighing about 170 pounds, stole a stereo receiver, calculator and other items, according to Fink. In a separate incident, a female student reported being conned out of $25 cash and an automatic teller card Sunday night. The student was approached by a 30-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man and was asked to hold onto a bundle of what the suspects said was cash in exchange for the $25 and an ATM card. The two suspects stole the student's cash and card, according to Fink. He was unable to give further details of the incident. Fink said con artists usually gain victims' confidences by affecting a foreign accent and asking if the victims could hold onto the "cash" in exchange for real money or other valuables. Fink said a similar incident occurred last night at the Roy Roger's Restaurant at 39th and Walnut streets.

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