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People's Park robbery

Keith Burbank (BCN)
Sunday July 30, 2017 - 03:01:00 PM

A person who tried to rob and stab another person this morning at People's Park in Berkeley is at large, police said.  

At 7:58 a.m. a person with a cellphone was in the park when another person approached him, tried to take his cellphone and threatened him with a knife.  

The suspect lunged at the victim with the knife and missed. Police said the victim held onto his phone and the suspect then punched him twice in the face.  

The suspect then ran west away from the park. Police said they searched the area and could not find the suspect. 

The victim suffered a cut to his face but refused medical care.  

Police are describing the suspect as a black man in his 30s or 40s, 5 feet 7 inches tall with a thin build and short black hair.  

The suspect was wearing a long-sleeve black shirt and black pants and was carrying a pair of red and blue shoes.