by Melissa Bailey | January 28, 2009 3:20 PM | Permalink

After he lost his wallet to a group of young muggers, a robbery victim didn’t give up.

The victim, who’s 32, was approached while walking on Dixwell Avenue, near Willis Street, around 11 p.m. Tuesday, according to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery. Three unarmed men forced him to give up his wallet. He was punched and kicked in the face.

First, the victim headed home. Then he returned to the scene to look for his ID card, police said. He asked for his ID back. When the muggers refused, he called 911. They fled. He chased them down Dixwell Avenue until they ducked into a home.

The cops arrived and detained three people, whom the victim ID’d as his aggressors. The three young men, ages 17, 18 and 20, were arrested on robbery charges.

Man Shot In Arm

A 25-year-old man from Eastern Street walked into St. Raphael’s hospital at 11:26 p.m. Tuesday night with a gunshot wound to the arm. He told police he had been shot in the area of Whalley And Sherman Avenues. Police went to that location and found no crime scene, Avery said.

Crime Map

Click here for a list of crimes on Jan. 27. Click on the image below to see those crimes placed on a city-wide map.

For block-by-block year-to-date crime info, and daily crime maps, check the Independent’s crime log.