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May 28, 2010

Police investigate stabbing near Wilkes University

Update 11:49 p.m.: City police are investigating a strong-armed robbery that occurred shortly after a stabbing Thursday night.

Police said Chi Vu, of East South Street, was walking around 8:30 p.m. in the area of 170 S. Franklin St. when she was approached by two white male suspects who forcibly removed her purse and fled. One of the men was described as wearing a black jacket with fur around the hood. The other was described wearing a gray sweatshirt.

The robbery occurred four hours after 18-year-old Edward Maye, of South River Street, was robbed and stabbed by two men with a similar description in an alleyway near his dormitory at Wilkes University around 4:20 p.m., said police Lt. Steve Olshefski.

Police are investigating whether the two robberies are related, he said.

Update 10:17 p.m.: Police identified the victim as 18-year-old Edward Maye, who was approached by two men in a back alley adjacent to Slocum Hall, 262 S. River St., around 4:20 p.m.

Maye is a resident at the dormitory and a freshman at Wilkes University, according to students.

The suspects, both described as in their 30s or 40s, asked the victim for money and a struggle ensued. The men took off with Maye’s cell phone. The suspects were further described as white males, one wearing a black sweater, jeans, black boots and with a scruffy face, and the other wearing a green checkered sweater.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Wilkes-Barre Police Department at 826-8106.

 

WILKES-BARRE – A Wilkes University student was reportedly stabbed in an alleyway near his dormitory Thursday afternoon.

 

Two men approached the victim, whose name was not released, in the area of 262 S. River St. in broad daylight around 4:20 p.m., according to Lt. Steve Olshefski.

Police said the suspects asked the victim for money and a struggle ensued. The men took off with the victim’s cell phone.

The victim appeared to have suffered from a non-life threatening stab wound to the abdomen and was taken by ambulance to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.

For the complete story, see Friday's Times Leader.

 

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