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Baltimore City police said they have arrested a young man in connection with a second robbery and assault case that was reported in Federal Hill this week.Mobile users tap here for videoPolice were called to the 100 block of West Montgomery Street at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday for an armed robbery.Detectives learned that the victim had been walking when he was approached by three black teens, who he said robbed him, struck him with a rock and lunged at him with a pocket knife. Officials said the teens ran away when the victim yelled for help, but he was able to get a good description of one of them.The victim suffered a cut to his lip during the attack and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was treated and released.Police on Friday said detectives were able to find one of the suspects, Sidney Joyner, 19, sitting on the steps of his nearby rowhome in the 1000 block of Leadenhall Street, where he was arrested.Police said Joyner was identified by the victim and is facing robbery and aggravated assault charges.Detectives are still looking for the other two attackers. Anyone with information on the case should call police.Some residents, concerned for their safety, told 11 News that they are worried considering the attack happened on the heels of another attack.A 25-year-old man suffered serious stab wounds early Sunday morning in the 1200 block of Wall Street in Federal Hill. In that case, police said the victim had been walking with a pizza when several black teens on mopeds robbed him and stabbed him several times.Perhaps more disturbing for residents is the fact that investigators currently feel the two cases are not related."If we find evidence or commonalities that link instances together, we'll do that, but only when the evidence is there. At this point, we don't have any evidence linking the two incidents," Baltimore City police Sgt. Jarron Jackson said.Baltimore police representatives would not comment on what strategies, if any, they were planning to implement in the Federal Hill area."I'm not going to go into the specifics of our deployment strategies, but whenever we have a series of incidents such as this, officers will be in the area," Jackson said.11 News reporter Lowell Melser contributed to this story.