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

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.