Tuscaloosa Police Investigate Off-Campus Robbery – 11/19/11
- November 19th, 2011
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UAPD ADVISORY
November 19, 2011
TUSCALOOSA POLICE INVESTIGATE OFF-CAMPUS ROBBERY
Tuscaloosa Police Department is investigating a report of a robbery that occurred on November 19, 2011 just after midnight on University Boulevard at the intersection of McFarland Boulevard East. A male non-UA student and his UA girlfriend reported that they were involved in a minor traffic accident at this intersection. The non-UA male stated that after the accident he got out to speak with the driver of the other vehicle. While he was speaking with the driver, another vehicle stopped and a male exited and struck him in the face. A second suspect then reached into his girlfriend’s vehicle and took property. Both the other vehicle involved in the accident and the vehicle that stopped afterward then drove away traveling east on University Boulevard. The victim was not injured.
The victim described the other vehicle involved in the traffic accident as an older model gold Ford Crown Victoria with a bad paint job occupied by five to six males. The vehicle that stopped afterward is described as a maroon Jeep Cherokee occupied by a male.
Anyone who has any information about this occurrence is asked to call Tuscaloosa Police at 349-2121 or University Police at 348-5454. Crime prevention information is published in UAPD’s Safer Living Guide, which is available online here.
