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By Sara Longley

May 17, 2001 -- A convenience store in Wallingford is robbed at the early hour of 4:51 a.m. on a Friday morning. A young man enters, looks around for a short time, asks some questions and then approaches the counter. He puts his hand in his jacket pocket as if he has a gun and demands money. The clerk hands over cash from the register, about $80. Then the suspect demands cigarettes. The suspect is well-dressed and appears very nervous, asking, "You're not going to call the police, are you?" The clerk replies, "I will when you leave." The suspect says, "But you don't know what I look like anyway." He is wearing a jacket and has the hood on, but the clerk can see him clearly. "Right, right, I don't know," the clerk says, playing along. He tells police the suspect's hair color and details of the man's clothing. He also points out a "Hot Pocket" sandwich that the suspect handled during his time in the store, and the wrapper is taken to be examined for prints. An area check for the suspect turns up nothing...

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A man walks into the office of a motel on Aurora Avenue N at 10:08 p.m. on a Friday and inquires about the price of a room. He leaves without getting a room, but returns a few minutes later with his right hand in his coat pocket, pointing it at the clerk. Believing the man has a gun, the clerk gives him the contents of the cash drawer, about $170. Later, he tells police the suspect was nicely dressed and clean-cut, adding that he was very surprised when the man robbed him...

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A woman pumps gas at a station on Aurora Avenue N at 1:40 p.m. on a Friday. Her purse is on the front seat of her car and the window is open. As she drives away, she realizes her purse is missing. She returns to the gas station and the attendant hands her the purse, saying that a young man turned it in. However, when she opens it, she discovers that her wallet is not inside...

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A North Beach man is the victim of theft between 9 p.m. Wednesday and 6:50 a.m. Thursday morning, when he discovers that the windshield of his pickup truck has been removed. The windshield is valued at $220...

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A man enters a Fremont laundromat at 2:38 p.m. on a Friday and sees a man running out of the building. Looking around, he notices two holes in the wall on either side of the change machine. Believing the running man had been trying to steal the machine, he calls police from a nearby coffee shop and relates his story. He says he has seen the suspect in Fremont before...

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Two businesses on Ravenna Avenue N are burglarized overnight between Thursday at 7 p.m. and Friday at 8 a.m. The police believe the two crimes are related. In both instances, the front door was kicked in forcibly. In one business, the suspect(s) stole $10 in petty cash and a laptop computer worth several thousand dollars. Next door, the only thing taken was a portable stereo. In both businesses there were more expensive items that were not touched...

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A student stays the night at a friend's house in the University District. She is woken at approximately 3 a.m. by a loud conversation outside the house she is visiting. Looking outside, she sees two blonde women and two men, one of whom is holding a length of 2x4 lumber. The man with the 2x4 walks out of her line of sight and she hears a car window break. Then she hears the sound of him running away down the street. His three friends return to their car, which is parked directly in front of the witness's location. As they drive away, she notes the license plate number. Soon the owner of the damaged car appears, having heard his car alarm sounding. Police are called and the suspect vehicle's license number is given to them for follow-up...

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