Johns Hopkins Gazette: September 25, 1995

Security Alert


Homewood
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     At 8:50 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, a JHMI employee's purse
was snatched from her shoulder as she walked south along the 2900
block of N. Charles Street. The suspect was identified as a black
male, 6 feet tall, a thin build, wearing a blue or purple
baseball-type jacket and a hooded gray sweatshirt.

     At 9:35 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, a man exposed himself to
a student who had just stepped off an MTA bus and was walking
north across 33rd Street. The suspect was described as a white
male between 18 and 21 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall with dark
crew-cut hair, wearing a blue and green plaid shirt and a brown
belt.

     In a similar incident at 1:15 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, a
man described as Hispanic, 20 to 25 years old with long, black
curly hair, a square-shaped face, wearing a bright green shirt
and khaki pants, exposed himself to an employee as they crossed
paths at the corner of 32nd and Charles streets.

     At 8:25 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, a person was walking in
the 300 block of E. 33rd Street when he was approached by a male,
holding what appeared to the victim to be a handgun. The
assailant demanded the victim's watch and then walked east on
33rd Street. The assailant was described as a black male, 30 to
35 years old, 180 to 190 pounds, unshaven, wearing a gray
long-sleeve shirt, dark pants and a dark baseball-type cap turned
backward.

     Anyone with information about these incidents is encouraged
to call Homewood Security at (410) 516-4600 or the Northern
District Police at (410) 396-2455.

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