Crime & Safety
Woman Held-Up, Assaulted on Dean
Muggers hit 24-year-old with gun after she refused to give up her purse.
Police are looking for gunmen who held up a woman and then hit her in the head with their gun when she refused to surrender her purse.
The 24-year-old woman was walking home on Dean Street near Franklin Avenue just before 9:50 p.m. on March 15 when a group of muggers came up to her. One of them grabbed her and covered her mouth. Someone pointed a gun at her and told her to hand over her pocketbook, according to a police report.
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She refused, and the gunman hit her in the head with the gun. Then they took her iPhone and wallet out of her purse and ran off with an estimated $477 worth of property. The woman did not complain of any injuries.
About three hours later, another woman was pushed down and mugged on Pacific Street.
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