U. Police say few crimes occur over 4-day break

University Police responded to three reports of robbery, a burglary, and a report of a man wielding a gun over a relatively quiet Thanksgiving Break, Lieutenant Susan Holmes said. One person reported being robbed at gunpoint on the 4000 block of Spruce Street at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Holmes said. The complainant said his attacker approached him and demanded money thinking that the complainant had just withdrawn cash at an automatic teller machine. Although the attacker never showed the gun, the complainant told police that the attacker said he had a gun. The complainant handed over money and the attacker fled. The man was described as about 30 years old and wearing a blue jacket with dark pants. In another incident, University Police received a report of an attempted robbery at the WaWa Convenience store at 3925 Walnut Street at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday, Holmes said. A man ordered the clerk to open the cash drawer and turn over the money, but the clerk was unable to open the drawer. The man fled. The 20- to 30-year-old man was five-feet, 10-inches tall and was last seen wearing a dark blue coat and black sweatpants. In a separate incident, University Police apprehended a robber near the 3600 block of Chestnut Street at 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Holmes said, following an attempted robbery of the WaWa on Chestnut Street. According to police, the man earlier Thursday evening ordered a WaWa Convenience Store manager to hand over money, saying "I have a gun." The manager pushed the panic alarm, picked up a crowbar behind the counter, and chased the man out of the store. University Police Officer William Daley observed the manager chasing the robber out of store on the 3600 block of Chestnut and apprehended the suspect, Holmes said. University Police responded to several other incidents over the break including: · A house on 4000 block of Baltimore was burglarized Tuesday afternoon. The burglar entered the house through a first floor window and stole a leather jacket and other clothes. · University Police stopped a man who witnesses said had been wielding a gun near the corner of 40th and Spruce streets at 9 p.m. Wednesday. The man was taken to Philadelphia Police's West Detective Division for carrying an air gun with a six inch barrel.

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