U. employee robbed near Franklin Field

A female University employee was robbed at knifepoint while walking to her car in a University parking lot near Franklin Field late Tuesday night, according to University Lieutenant Susan Holmes. And the male assailant, whose name University Police refused to release, was arrested by Philadelphia Police several blocks from the scene. The man, brandishing a knife, approached the employee at about 11:00 p.m. Tuesday and demanded money. The woman, who was not injured in the incident, handed over $150 cash to the man, who then fled north. Philadelphia Police, responding to a report and description of the suspect, arrested the man fitting the description a short while later at 33rd and Arch streets. According to Holmes, other incidents that occurred yesterday and Tuesday included a student who was driving a car recklessly on Locust Walk and and a burglary at 4117 Pine Street: · The University student who was driving recklessly on Locust Walk was stopped by University Police at 10:23 p.m. Tuesday near 37th Street. The matter has been referred to the Judicial Inquiry Office. · University Police apprehended a suspicious male who was inside the Veterinary School Building at 9 p.m. yesterday. The man, who was carrying articles from the building, was located in a room in the Vet School and was taken to Philadelphia Police West Detectives division. · A burglar made off with $1000 worth of jewelry and a $300 video cassette recorder Tuesday night after forcing open a window at a house at 4117 Pine Street. · A $275 JVC radio was stolen from a car in the parking lot in front of Graduate Towers yesterday. · A cordless phone, valued at $70, was stolen from an office in the David Rittenhouse Laboratory yesterday.

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