Two people were robbed early Thursday morning near Dinkytown near the intersection of 8th Street Southeast and 14th Avenue Southeast, according to a crime alert sent by University of Minnesota police Chief Greg Hestness.
One of the two victims is a University student. Both were unharmed but had their purses and a cell phone taken.
The suspect emerged from bushes near a house and demanded the two victims’ valuables as they walked northbound on 14th Avenue Southeast, the alert said.