Feb. 09--Police on Monday were investigating two unrelated incidents--a robbery and an attempted robbery--reported within minutes of one another in Glendale, officials said.
In the first incident, which occurred shortly before 4 p.m. on the 200 block of East Lomita Avenue, the victim arranged to meet the suspect via Craigslist to sell an iPhone 6, according to Glendale Police Sgt. Ben Bateman.
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While the pair was negotiating the sale, the suspect--described as a black man in his early 20s, roughly 6 feet, 2 inches tall with a large Afro hairstyle--reportedly grabbed the phone by force and fled in a green Honda.
Minutes later, a would-be robber reportedly ran up behind a man walking near El Caminito and Lauderdale Avenue and attempted to hit him with a bag full of BBs.
The victim resisted and the suspect fled, along with his alleged accomplice, in a black Acura RSX.
One of the men was described as Hispanic and in his early 20s, wearing a red flannel shirt with a black bandana covering his face. The second man, the driver, was about the same age.
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Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com
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