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One arrested after vehicle robbery

Oct 6, 2017 | 12:48 PM

Police are investigating a car robbery after receiving a report yesterday evening.

Patrol officers were dispatched to 13 Street W. yesterday at 8:32 p.m. where a victim said she was standing by her car waiting for a friend when a group of people approached her.

The victim said a male suspect told her his car belonged to him. A female member of the group held a knife and grabbed the keys from the victim. Once the group got into the car, they drove away.

At 10:12 p.m. officers found the male suspect inside the parked vehicle on the 1100 block of Central Avenue. Police arrested the man.