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City Police Investigate Attempted Armed Robbery

05/05/2008 8:53 am
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Altoona police continue to investigate an armed robbery in the city on Friday.

Around 2:30 that afternoon a man was walking near the 4th Avenue Alley on 20th Street when he was approached by another man who demanded he empty his pockets.

When the victim refused, the suspect pulled a knife. There was a scuffle in which the victim hit the suspect several times knocking him to the ground. The suspect got up and fled the scene going north on 20th Street.

The victim sustained a laceration to his forearm in the tussle.

The suspect is described as black, around 30 years old, about six feet tall and 150 pounds. He had a scruffy beard and short hair and was wearing a dirty white shirt and dark pants.

 

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