Features

Police Blotter

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday February 06, 2007

Steal music player, lose their bikes 

The bad guys went 1 for 2 Sunday afternoon when they made the mistake of trying to rob the wrong UC Berkeley student. 

Their target, a 19-year-old woman, was waiting for a bus on Bancroft Way near the Recreational Sports Facility when a pair of bandits clad all in black and wearing the inevitable hoodies pedaled up on their bikes. 

One of the pair grabbed the woman’s MP3 music player out of her hand, and she responded by grabbing back. Clutching the end of one of the hooded sweatshirts, she gave a yank, sending both tumbling off their two-wheelers and onto the pavement. 

The robbers, described as a pair of 16-to-17-year-olds, then fled on foot. 

The woman was unharmed during the incident, reports UC Berkeley Police Chief Victoria L. Harrison. The two suspects remain at large.