Bowie Teen Attacked and Robbed for Phone and Two Dollars
The victim was beaten and robbed in the 'S' section.
A Bowie teenager told police he was beaten and robbed by a group of males wearing hockey masks while walking to a friend’s house in the Somerset section last week.
The 18-year-old victim was walking on Stonehaven Lane just before midnight on April 19 when six other men attacked him, according to a Bowie police report. One of the suspects allegedly implied he had a knife. The suspects knocked the victim to the ground, kicking and hitting him in the head, face and back, police said.
The victim told police the suspects told him to “keep [his] head down” and “don’t look up.”
The suspects took the victim’s Blackberry, driver’s license, debit card and $2, according to the report.
The victim went to the old City Hall building to report the incident. Bowie police met the victim there.
The victim was treated for minor injuries by the Prince George’s County EMS.
A search of the neighborhood for the suspects was unsuccessful.
Bowie Police Chief John Nesky said the department was working on developing leads in the case. Nesky said there have been no other similar cases recently. He added that the only other recent robbery occurred on Racetrack Road two days earlier but there were “different descriptions” in that incident.
In that incident, two men were beaten with brass knuckles and a tire iron then robbed by two men at the Bowie Training Center on Racetrack Road, according to a police report. Both victims sustained serious injuries, according to police. Police are still looking for the two suspects in that case.
Mrs. G J Moore
8:40 pm on Wednesday, April 27, 2011
People are you ever going to learn you can not be out on the street after dark for sure. This is nothing new either but it has gotten much worse. What can be so important that you have to go out that late walking to a friend's house. If you have any common sense use it. Hope he will be OK.
Zinna
12:33 pm on Thursday, July 7, 2011
I have a friend who was walking to work at NASA in Greenbelt at 9 am in the morning and he was beaten up and robbed of his iPhone and wallet. Yes, we should use common sense after dark but it's never a good idea to blame the victim.
Alphadog
8:36 am on Thursday, April 28, 2011
Lets have the descriptions, even if they are 'different'. ...might be 'different' perps. How about more aggressive police patrols and police presence ?
Josh Flynn
2:15 pm on Thursday, April 28, 2011
Alphadog, I understand wanting to see the descriptions, but by the time we have the reports the descriptions are too vague to have a positive impact on catching the perpetrators. If we have definitive descriptions of the suspects in an incident, they are included.
Nancy Royden
9:06 am on Thursday, April 28, 2011
Something similar to this happened to some people in Parole earlier this week. I have to wonder if they are connected.
Sharp Shooter
9:14 am on Thursday, April 28, 2011
There's a significant difference between having to use common sense and being held hostage inside your home because of the perception that the neighborhood is going down the tubes.
Perhaps the real issue is that the parents of these thuglettes do not have appropriate control of their children. I wonder if these same parents knew where their children were at the time of the robbery.
I often take the dog for late night walks in my neighborhood. I do feel safe and I should feel safe. The day I can't feel safe is the day the house goes up for sale.
pgcoresident
2:55 pm on Thursday, April 28, 2011
I agree, but.. did it say anywhere in there that these were juveniles?
Josh Flynn
2:59 pm on Thursday, April 28, 2011
The descriptions of the suspects were very vague, their ages are unknown. http://www.cityofbowie.org/Government/Police/data/2011/ur_04192011_citizen_robbery.pdf
Sharp Shooter
5:38 pm on Thursday, April 28, 2011
@pg - I'll take that lump. I did jump to conclusion on their age - but the principle still applies - there appears to be a slew of kids/young adults out there that have no moral compass. It is the parents responsibility to instill and enforce that sense of right-from-wrong - no matter how old they are.
Maria
9:14 pm on Thursday, April 28, 2011
I use to walk the neighborhood, but after seeing several pitbulls (I thought they were illegal in PG county) I decided that walking the neighborhood was no longer a good idea...so I joined a gym....so between people assaulting you and people taking their illegal dogs (which one dragged his owner several feet to get to me & my dog) it is best if I just stay home.
john goldman
1:27 pm on Friday, April 29, 2011
Pitbulls are illegal. The problem is that there are so many look alike breeds including my dog which animal control has seen and knows it's an american bulldog. Lets face facts, has anyone looked around Bowie these days. It is becoming a ghetto plagued with homes in disrepair, drug dealing, shootings, burglaries, etc...you should stay at home or move.
tenesmusD
4:24 pm on Thursday, July 7, 2011
@goldman - You can easily tell the difference between the two breeds by looking at the other end of the leash.
Cat
3:31 pm on Sunday, May 1, 2011
Bowie has changed. It looks rundown and I am embarrassed to live here. As soon as the economy turns around, we are leaving this crime ridden city behind!
Maria
10:09 pm on Tuesday, May 10, 2011
It is not the same Bowie I moved to 10 years ago....I would love to move...so for now I will stay home...
MAH 1464
12:47 pm on Wednesday, July 6, 2011
thank the brothers for all of the fun we now get to enjoy!!!! remeber it is all whiteys fault!!!!
Ashley
1:24 pm on Friday, May 27, 2011
wonder if it has anything to do with the house of thugs on some street right off stonehaven. ya know, the one that's been raided by the police a few times? it was apparently the location of the 7-11 robbery suspects.
MAH 1464
12:45 pm on Wednesday, July 6, 2011
and we can all stand up and scream, hooray for todays african american youths who destroy everything thing they can, keep voting for liberals. Anyone want to bet Bowie has worse crime then Washington DC in the next 5 years???? anyone???
tenesmusD
4:23 pm on Thursday, July 7, 2011
No doubt at all that WILL happen.. but I bet it will take LESS than 5 years! Concealed carry permit should be getting easier to get.... 1) print out the news section of the Bowie Patch, 2) attach to application, 3) Granted! (I wish!)