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• 15th Ave E hold-ups: Seattle Police are investigating two armed robberies reported within minutes of each other early Saturday morning along 15th Ave E. In one reported to have occurred outside the 7-11 at 15th and Denny just before 5 AM, the victim reported he was also pistol-whipped by the suspect during the robbery. The victim walked to his nearby place of employment to report the crime. Minutes later, another victim reported to police he had been robbed of his wallet in an armed hold-up near 15th and E Harrison. We don’t know if the second victim was hit in the robbery. According to East Precinct radio dispatches, police were looking for a black male in his 20s with a thin build, wearing a hoodie and black and red gloves on the freezing morning. There were no arrests reported.
• 12th Ave phone mugger: Overnight also produced a report of a thief prowling the area around 12th Ave south of Madison who pulled off two phone grabs. In the first, a male victim told police his phone was snatched from his hands near 13th and Union around 1:25 AM. Around 2:30 AM, police received a second report of a phone grab near 12th and Jefferson involving a suspect with the same description. The victims reported they were robbed by a black male described as short and wearing dark clothing, with tattoos on his knuckles. A search of the area was not immediately successful.
• Broadway/Pike car vs. pedestrian: Police called to a disturbance at Broadway and Pike just before 2 AM Saturday found, instead, the aftermath of a car vs. pedestrian collision that reportedly knocked out its female victim. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries in the incident which is being investigated by SPD’s collision squad.