Daily Archives: 29 April 2015

Student critically injured in bike hit-and-run

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Temple Police are investigating a hit-and-run involving a 22-year-old female student that occurred at Diamond Street and Park Avenue earlier tonight.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said in an email that the student was traveling southbound on her bicycle around 7:10 p.m. when she was struck by a vehicle. After the crash, the vehicle fled west on Diamond Street and then north on Broad Street, he added.

Leone said the vehicle was described as a silver-colored Mitsubishi Galant, and that three black males were seen inside. He added that there was possible windshield damage on the passenger side of the vehicle.

The student was taken to Temple University Hospital, Leone said. The Philadelphia Police Department’s Chief Inspector Scott Small told the Daily News the student was in “very critical condition,” having suffered multiple head injuries and a fractured leg. Small added that surveillance cameras from university buildings near the scene captured the whole incident.

Anybody with information about tonight’s hit-and-run is encouraged to contact Campus Safety Services at 215-204-1234.

Steve Bohnel can be reached at steven.bohnel@temple.edu or on Twitter @Steve_Bohnel.

$5,000 and quarter pound of marijuana stolen in robbery of student residence

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Temple Police responded to a possibly drug-related armed robbery of a student’s apartment on 13th Street between Jefferson and Oxford streets, around 10 p.m. on Wednesday.

A student reported that there were two males outside the apartment around 10 p.m., Charlie Leone, executive director of campus safety services, said in an email.

Two students entered the apartment with the two suspects, who said they were waiting for the students’ friend, Leone said.

The two suspects then pushed into the home, displaying a gun and entered an apartment where another student lived, Leone said.

The suspects demanded that the student open his safe, Leone said. The suspects took $5,000 in cash and a quarter pound of marijuana before fleeing the area.

No injuries were reported.

“We believe the student is involved in selling drugs,” Leone said. “Students getting involved with selling drugs out of their apartments increases the risks for being a victim of crime. We are very lucky no one was hurt.”

A TU Alert was issued around 11 p.m.

TUPD is coordinating with Philadelphia Police’s Central Detectives Unit as well as reviewing security camera video footage to search for the suspects.

Lian Parsons can be reached at lian.parsons@temple.edu or @Lian_Parsons on Twitter.