2 swarmings in Dartmouth last night
Posted Dec 4, 2012 06:05:05 AM.
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There were two swarmings in Dartmouth last night, both involving groups of young people.
Halifax Regional Police say in the first incident around 6 p.m., police were able to catch up to three young women who surrounded the 21-year-old victim waiting at the Metro Transit Terminal on Nantucket Street.
After demanding her backpack, the three girls punched and kicked the victim after she fell to the ground.
She managed to hang onto her bag and police arrested the girls a short distance away. They were due to appear in youth court Tuesday morning on charges of robbery and breach probation, with one facing additional counts of assaulting police and obstruction.
About 45 minutes later, two men were walking on Mount Hope Avenue when five or six young males started to follow them.
They demanded their backpacks and electronics and were threatened with a knife. One of the victims was left with cracked teeth after they were both punched.
Four teens seen in the area on Pleasant Street were arrested, but were later released without charge.
Staff Sgt. Reid McCoombs says the two incidents don’t appear to be connected.
“I don’t think there’s any indication that this is a particularly popular time of year or anything like that for that type of incident. We just happen to have two on the same night in this instance,” said McCoombs.
Police are continuing to investigate and have released a description of two suspects.
One is described as a black male, 15 to 16 years old, with a thin build, wearing a red sweater. The second male was young, white, about 6″1′, with dark hair. He was wearing a red shirt.
