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Robbed playing 'Pokemon Go'

A man was robbed on the west side of Flagstaff while playing "Pokemon Go."

According to the police report, a man called 911 at approximately 2 a.m. last Thursday after a friend told him he had been assaulted in the parking lot located at 2750 S. Woodlands Village Blvd. The victim, who had been drinking most of the night, purchased a six pack of beer and withdrew $100 from an ATM at the nearby Walmart at about 1 a.m.

He told police he started playing "Pokemon Go" as he walked away through the parking lot. While he was looking down at his phone, the victim felt something hit him hard in the back of the head. He blacked out briefly.

When he regained consciousness, he said, there were four Native American males digging through his pockets. They ran away after he started swinging his fists at them. The victim said the suspects took the $100 he had withdrawn from the ATM.

After the assault, the victim frantically called his friend to pick him up. The victim had a bloody laceration on the back of his head. Medics treated him at the scene but he refused to go to the hospital.

The investigation is ongoing.

Charged with DUI