Law enforcement officials have released surveillance video from a strong-arm robbery that happened in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood last month, in the hopes of tracking down the person responsible.
According to police, the incident happened at about 4:40 p.m. on July 22, 2024, at an apartment complex on the 5500 block of Wissahickon Avenue, when a woman was attacked from behind in a hallway.
Police shared video of the incident on social media.
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Officials noted that the surveillance video shows a man with braids and wearing a green hoodie, entering the apartment building following the victim.
When the two are alone in the hallway, the man can be seen jumping on the victim's back from behind and forcing her into, what police said, was an empty room.
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During this incident, law enforcement officials claim, the attacker threw the woman to the ground and knocked her unconscious before he stole several items from her and fled the building.
The woman was discovered by an employee of the complex after the attack and she received medical treatment, police said.
"I need to come home and feel that my home is an oasis and I can feel safe and walk my dog and do my laundry and now, um, I’m sort of trying to put it in the back of my mind. But I feel threatened, I feel scared," one resident named Monica said.
Monica told NBC10 that she never got a call, letter or email from the leasing office about the incident.
"If there has been no information shared or no action taken, why wouldn’t this happen again?" she asked.
The leasing office advised our crews to take off questions to the building's corporate owner Rams Partners. We have reached out and are waiting to hear back.
Police officials are asking anyone who may have information on this incident to submit a tip via call or text to 215.686.TIPS (8477).
Tips can also be submitted online, here.
According to police, 2,400 robberies have happened city-wide this year which is down 21% from last year.
To date, about 125 were reported in this specific district which includes Germantown which is down from 200 last year.
Overall, police said that armed robberies have dropped 20% this year compared to last.
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