The number of reported off-campus robberies and attempted robberies since last Thursday increased from three to five after three men allegedly robbed two students in separate off-campus incidents Monday night and Tuesday morning, said Department of Public Safety Captain John Sardino.

The suspects, seen in a dark blue Pontiac sedan, appear to be the same in the two latest incidents, Sardino said.

The three males got out of the sedan and demanded money from a student on the 100 block of Redfield Place at 10:45 p.m. Monday, Sardino said. The males stole the student’s laptop and took an unspecified amount of money given by the student, Sardino said.

The suspects then got inside the vehicle and were last seen heading south on Maryland Avenue, Sardino said. The student was not injured.

The three males allegedly also demanded money from a student on the 700 block of Clarendon Street at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sardino said. The student, who was not injured, gave the men an unspecified amount of money.

The suspects were last seen traveling south on Maryland Avenue, Sardino said. The student was not injured.

The suspects were described as three black males in their late teens or early 20s wearing dark-colored clothing, Sardino said. There was also a fourth suspect driving the sedan, who was described as an unknown black man, but no further description was available, Sardino said.

The two robberies are the latest in a string of off-campus robberies in the last six days. A man robbed two students in Thornden Park at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday and displayed what appeared to be a black revolver, according to a DPS e-mail from last week.

DPS said it believes the same individual demanded money from a man at the corner of Ostrom Avenue and Madison Street at 3:25 a.m. Sunday and demanded money from two people on the 500 block of Allen Street at 4:40 a.m. that same morning.

The suspect fled with an undetermined amount of money in the later incident but nothing in the first incident, according to DPS e-mails. The suspect also displayed what appeared to be a handgun in the first incident and an unknown object in the second incident, according to DPS e-mails. 

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Published on November 1, 2010 at 12:00 pm