UPDATE: Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said in an email that the suspect who was apprehended for Thursday’s incidents is 23-year-old Kareem Clancy, who is being charged with two counts of robbery.

Temple Police have apprehended a suspect in connection with two Thursday robberies.

According to a  TU Alert, the first robbery took place around 10:45 a.m. in the 1600 block of French Street, between Susquehanna Avenue and Diamond Street.

Charlie Leone, executive director of Campus Safety Services, said in an email that the suspect was armed with a gun and approached a male Temple student. The suspect took the student’s backpack, which contained his cell phone and wallet. There were no injuries.

A Temple Police officer apprehended the suspect shortly after the second robbery of another student, which occurred at Carlisle and Jefferson streets shortly after the first, Leone said.

A TU Alert sent out around 2 p.m. indicated that the suspect had been apprehended.

Leone said the suspect was found with property from both complainants, and had attempted to discard a pellet gun, which Leone said the suspect disguised to appear as a real pistol.

The suspect will be charged with both robberies, Leone said. His name will be released when he is formally charged.

Police are still searching for another suspect in connection with a robbery which took place around 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, when a male student was robbed near 18th and Arlington streets.

Two men had approached a student in that robbery, Leone said, one of them displaying a handgun.

The student in that incident surrendered his phone and wallet, but was not injured. The suspects then fled on foot east on Arlington Street, toward 17th Street.

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

Police are searching for three suspects in connection with the armed robbery of a Temple student around 9:30 p.m. Sunday on 18th Street just south of Susquehanna Avenue.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said three suspects, who are believed to be 18 to 22 years old, approached the student and showed him a gun. They took the student’s wallet and fled west on Diamond Street.

A TU Alert was sent out about the incident around 10 p.m.

The suspects were wearing black hooded jackets and jeans at the time. The student was not injured, Leone said.

Joe Brandt can be reached at jbrandt@temple.edu or on Twitter @JBrandt_TU.

A female Temple Hospital employee was the victim of an armed robbery around 11:10 p.m. Saturday outside Shriner’s Hospital, in the 3500 block of North Broad Street at the Health Sciences Campus.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said in an email that the suspect is a male about 5 feet 5 inches tall who wore a black hat and black jacket at the time of the incident.

Leone added that the suspect showed the employee a gun and demanded money, and then took the victim’s phone and handbag. He then fled north on Broad Street toward Venango Street.

A TU Alert was sent out about the incident around 11:40 p.m.

According to the alert, no injuries were reported. Temple Police is checking to see if Shriner’s Hospital has any footage of the robbery, Leone said.

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

Temple Police responded to the robbery of a student around 11:10 p.m. yesterday at the student’s residence near the corner of 11th Street and Susquehanna Avenue, Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said in an email.

The student told Temple Police that a 20- to 25-year-old man who was wearing a black hoodie and dark pants pointed a gun at him and demanded his cell phone, which he surrendered before running home.

Leone said the student could not recall exactly when or where the robbery occurred and was drinking a beer when an officer came to his house to take the report. The robbery is believed to have occurred in the 2100 block of North 12th Street around 10:40 p.m.

A TU Alert was sent out about the incident around 11:50 p.m. which said the incident occurred at 11:15 p.m. and urged anyone with information to call 911.

The victim did not want to prosecute and declined to report the incident to Philadelphia police, Leone said.

Joe Brandt can be reached at jbrandt@temple.edu or on Twitter @JBrandt_TU.

Police are looking for a suspect in connection with a shooting and an attempted robbery which occurred off campus around 1 a.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of North 17th Street.

According to multiple news outlets including The Inquirer and NBC 10, a suspect – described in a subsequent TU Alert and other reports as a male about 35-40 years old wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, red beanie cap and blue jeans – tried to enter a party being held on the block. 

When the suspect was denied entry since he was not a student, the outlets’ websites reported that he pulled a handgun on the victim, a 22-year-old male student. The suspect allegedly fired a round into the student’s hip when he charged at him.

The student was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital and has since been released, according to The Inquirer.

An investigation is ongoing.

Temple and Philadelphia police are looking for two suspects for two attempted robberies which happened around 4 p.m Wednesday, one on the 1400 block of Diamond Street and the other on the 1500 block of Broad Street.

Witnesses on the 1400 block of Diamond Street said a suspect – described as a female about 18 years old and 5 feet 3 inches tall – struggled for a bag with a female around 20-24 years old before the suspect sliced her with a utility box cutter, injuring the victim’s arm and forehead.

Police said another suspect drove a vehicle but did not leave it, and no description was offered. The alleged victim is not affiliated with Temple.

More people who were at the scene of the Diamond Street incident said they arrived after hearing a scream. Witnesses stopped and crowded around the alleged victim, using towels and compression to prevent her bleeding as she sat on the front steps of a building.

Charlie Leone, executive director of Campus Safety Services, said in an email that the two suspects drove a 2005 white Buick LaCrosse with a sunroof. Prior to the first attempted robbery they arrived at 7-Eleven at Broad and Diamond streets and went inside for a short time, then traveled west on Diamond Street to the site of the first incident, he said.

Leone said the suspects returned to their vehicle after the first robbery attempt and drove south on 15th Street from Diamond Street.

A police officer arrived at the site of the Diamond Street incident by 3:55 p.m. and an ambulance arrived by 4:02 p.m. The victim was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital, but was not seriously injured.

Two TU Alerts were sent out, the first at about 4:50 p.m. describing the Diamond Street robbery attempt and noting two suspects and the description of the vehicle. The second, sent around 6 p.m., noted the Broad Street robbery and had the same description of the two suspects.

Leone said Temple Police officers had stopped one car fitting the description in the alert, but it was not the suspects.

Temple and Philadelphia police are reviewing security footage, as well as footage from 7-Eleven, Leone said. Anyone with information is encouraged to call 911.

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

Six people, some of whom are Temple students, were tied up and robbed at gunpoint in their home on 18th Street near Berks Street Sunday night, according to multiple news reports.

A TU Alert was sent out around 8:50 p.m. which noted two suspects, both African-American males. One had facial hair and was wearing a Bucks County Community College sweatshirt. The alert advised students to avoid the area.

The suspects allegedly took the students’ laptops and other electronics, according to NBC 10, who also reported that the students were not injured in the robbery.

CBS 3 reported that one of the students was beat with a gun.

Joe Brandt can be reached at jbrandt@temple.edu or on Twitter @JBrandt_TU.