Posted on Sat, May 26, 2012 : 8:44 a.m.
University of Michigan student has necklace stolen in unarmed robbery
By AnnArbor.com Staff
University of Michigan police issued a crime alert Saturday morning after a student was assaulted and robbed on campus.
Police said the student was walking south on East University Avenue, near the School of Social Work, when he was approached from behind by an assailant who knocked him to the ground and took his necklace.
The victim chased and caught the suspect, and the two exchanged punches before the suspect broke away again and escaped, police said. The suspect is described as a black man in his mid-20s, about 5-foot-11 with a goatee, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and jeans.
No other details were available on Saturday morning. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call campus police at (734) 763-1131 or dial 911.
Comments
Hmm
Tue, May 29, 2012 : 2:26 p.m.
Hey at least this guy didn't give up without a fight. Good for you student hope they catch this guy
JS
Mon, May 28, 2012 : 1:17 a.m.
Ok, Annarbor.com I'm calling foul. you do nothing about Joocefroot's tongue in cheek racist comment about the "assailant descriptions", yet you censor me because I said what many of the gun advocates on this site seem to drool over? I'll say it one last time in the most generic way possible so as not to offend anyone... Open carrying- for killing human beings if the conditions are correct to your own personal satisfaction.
Ricebrnr
Tue, May 29, 2012 : 5:18 p.m.
huh, would we be better off if the Colonists had no guns? always the "kill humans argument" never the flipside of that coin. DEFENSE. of the millions of defensive gun uses yearly, how many of those potential victims. And I evangelize this side because there are as many if not more like you who only speak to the other. Sorry but no, guns are tools, like rocks, sticks, pencils, the internet and as on 9/11 airplanes. Tools are used for good or ill by both good and evil people. Denying access and use to the good leaves only the evil. SImple.
JS
Tue, May 29, 2012 : 4:27 p.m.
I understand everyone's right to protect themselves, but what I don't understand is the need to tell everyone about it and be so gung-ho about carrying a weapon designed to kill human beings. Also, handguns are not innocuous objects, no matter how badly you would like to convince people that they are. Honestly and historically, would you please tell me what handguns and assault rifles were designed for without all the self-defense nonsense? And don't say they're for hammering nails. I am reasonable enough to understand that considering the current situation, handguns are out there and aren't going anywhere, which is quite the quagmire (giggity), but wouldn't it be a better world for everyone if handguns and assault rifles had never been invented?
Ricebrnr
Tue, May 29, 2012 : 10:52 a.m.
And since you missed the connections. Those are all safety devices designed to prevent, mitigate or resolve critical incidents. None of which require cynical world views to own or use but all require ownership prior to the event
Ricebrnr
Tue, May 29, 2012 : 2:28 a.m.
Innocents by cars? Every day. Bystanders, passenger, other drivers, children etc. By fire? Also every day. What's your point? Let me guess...that old canard about how those things weren't designed to kill people. And how often are innocents killed by law abiding citizens??? Care to guess? Oh right it's ok to lump law abiding gun owners in with criminals. Are you a good driver? Bet you think you are. Have any traffic tickets? Should we lump you in with the joy riders, car thieves, drunk drivers and scofflaws?
Billy Bob Schwartz
Mon, May 28, 2012 : 11:43 p.m.
Rice...."Is it cynical to buckle my seat belt? Is it to make sure my smoke detectors have fresh batteries. How about fire extinguishers? First aid kit? Flashlight? insurance of all types?" I don't know about cynical, but I don't see the connection. When was the last time you heard of a bystander being wounded or killed by a carelessly used seat belt or battery or fire extinguisher or first aid kit or flashlight or insurance? How about a gun?
Ricebrnr
Mon, May 28, 2012 : 7:53 p.m.
By your own admission, you would probably wish for one if you needed it....if you need it will wishing for it help? Is it cynical to buckle my seat belt? Is it to make sure my smoke detectors have fresh batteries. How about fire extinguishers? First aid kit? Flashlight? insurance of all types? My lord I must be the most cynical person on the planet!
JS
Mon, May 28, 2012 : 1:05 p.m.
If "great bodily harm" was uniformly recognized by the masses then I would say you've got a point, but what about scaredy-cats? And in this situation, correct conditions (as voiced in the comments by the gun advocates) seem to be getting your necklace snatched, but A2.com censored me twice for saying that. If someone tries to kill me someday, I'm sure I'll wish I had a gun, but I'm not going to walk around every day of my life with a gun on my hip waiting for it, I just won't subscribe to such a cynical worldview.
Ricebrnr
Mon, May 28, 2012 : 11:47 a.m.
Btw if anyone would be personally satisfied by surviving such an encounter and having stopped the threat to you...please post in the affirmative.
Ricebrnr
Mon, May 28, 2012 : 1:25 a.m.
Hmmm by "correct conditions" you could not possibly mean if you were in fear of great bodily harm or death??? Seems to me that would be the exact conditions you just might want to be able to defend yourself...but I guess you will just lay down and politely request your assailant desist from killing you then. Let us know how that works out...
drut_ferguson
Mon, May 28, 2012 : 12:54 a.m.
A man, wearing an necklace?! What's next, a dog wearing sunglasses?
FormerMichRes
Sun, May 27, 2012 : 11:57 a.m.
Blaming the Mayor for AA crime problems is a little too easy. AA has a reputation for being easy on crime and criminals. Also, I'd be very surprised if he is not re-elected. AA's crime problems has root cause with the residents. Unless AA residents change, the city will continue to be a magnet for criminals, panhandlers, etc.
GoNavy
Sun, May 27, 2012 : 11:41 a.m.
@NickNack PaddyWack You must not live downtown, or spend much time in the area during the summer. Otherwise, you'd know what I'm talking about.
Rich
Sun, May 27, 2012 : 2:15 a.m.
What time did this occur?
Victoria Merinsky
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 9:54 p.m.
Perhaps if all the parolees probationers would stop coming to seems like the one and only county in MI Crime may come down a lil bit ....Check the otis We have plenty of sex offenders and paroled per square mile then Flint I swear....Why do sex offenders get to live by schools esp OWS when I was there I was quite aware of this no longer OWS resident ..soon hope no longer a taxpaying MI resident who is the economy getting better for anyhoo..those who have anyhoo yep.... JOBS? 500 per app for 7 hr whoopee thanks Snyder LOL BTW living wage for this town seems to not apply for most business unless your white collar
smokeblwr
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 10:02 p.m.
I'm sorry, I think there was a problem with your phone.
Mick52
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 6:02 p.m.
That must have been one nice necklace.
CPLtownie
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 5:58 p.m.
I'm feeling rather comfy in my Ann Arbor bubble. Thanks mr mayor!
cjwi
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 5:14 p.m.
Come to the deuce and get your chain snatched dawg.
GoNavy
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 2:41 p.m.
Looks like an unfortunate crime of opportunity. During the summer months, I make it a point not to wear anything too expensive out for this very reason. On a side note, thanks to ongoing decisions by the Regents of the University of Michigan, otherwise licensed concealed pistol carriers are barred from carrying their firearms anywhere on Campus - something I'm sure plays into the calculus of any individual considering a crime - planned, opportunistic, or otherwise.
Doc03911
Mon, May 28, 2012 : 5:36 p.m.
Can any anti gun folks above please post some facts?
Ricebrnr
Sun, May 27, 2012 : 1:55 p.m.
Open carrying - for when you want to see how insecure and hysterical people around you are...
Kitty O'Brien
Sun, May 27, 2012 : 3:54 a.m.
Navy - I'm intrigued by the seasonal decisions to (or to not) accessorize with expensive jewelry.
Middle America
Sun, May 27, 2012 : 2:40 a.m.
Open carrying - for when you aren't in your huge pickup truck, but still want everyone around you to know just how insecure you are.
Billy Bob Schwartz
Sun, May 27, 2012 : 1:12 a.m.
Navy...I reread the item and couldn't find where it said the time was 3 a.m. All I know is that not everyone who carries is calm and under control. Surprise and rage at this kind of treatment can bring on loss of control. I don't say everyone will spray the area, but I do say that there are plenty of people who can't even be trusted driving a car without going into a rage. These are often normal people who "lose it." Please don't try to pound me into the square hole you want me in just because I don't want to get shot when a bullet misses (or goes through) some clown and hits me or my kid or something.
Ricebrnr
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 10:39 p.m.
Btw Billy Bob it is not about 1 necklace. Its about someone willing to take by force something from you. Regardless of your welbeing. Do you jnow how many people are seriously injured by fists and in falls every year? I sure would prefer to hear this guy wont be doing it again. Because he was caught of course
GoNavy
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 9:48 p.m.
@Billy Bob Schwartz - That's the old row, isn't it? That the only fashion in which one can defend oneself is to rise up, "spray and pray," reload, then "spray and pray again." Maybe, after all the smoke has cleared, I've hit more than a barn door, and (worse) I've probably hit an entire innocent family. Of course, why this innocent family was walking around at 3 AM is beside the point; more to the point is "what does shooting aimlessly accomplish?" Regardless, we always get these misguided rebuttals to allowing concealed weapons. Next thing you're going to tell me is that we'll proceed down some "slippery slope," with everybody armed with shoulder-launched RPG's and machine guns, right?
Ricebrnr
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 9:18 p.m.
The true meaning of gun control is hitting your target.
Billy Bob Schwartz
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 5:35 p.m.
Do you really think it's a good idea for a guy who is knocked down from behind and has his necklace stolen should come up blazing away? This is a campus with many, many thousands of people around almost all the time. How many innocent bystanders = one necklace?
smokeblwr
Sat, May 26, 2012 : 5:33 p.m.
Open carry will solve this problem. Nobody mess with nobody.