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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 11:34 a.m. EDT, Oct 13, 2008
An employee of Robinson Florist at 730 S. Arlington St. told Akron police that he was robbed Friday afternoon by a man who claimed he had a gun.
The clerk said the suspect entered the flower shop around 2:30 p.m. and asked to buy roses. When the clerk returned with the roses, the suspect handed the clerk a note that said, ''I have a gun, this is a robbery,'' and demanded money from the cash register.
The suspect fled south on South Arlington Street on foot with about $60, according to the police report.
The robber was described as a white male between 40 and 49 years old, between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighing about 190 pounds. He wore a jeans shirt, blue jeans and sunglasses.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Akron Police Department detective bureau at 330-375-2490.
An employee of Robinson Florist at 730 S. Arlington St. told Akron police that he was robbed Friday afternoon by a man who claimed he had a gun.
The clerk said the suspect entered the flower shop around 2:30 p.m. and asked to buy roses. When the clerk returned with the roses, the suspect handed the clerk a note that said, ''I have a gun, this is a robbery,'' and demanded money from the cash register.
The suspect fled south on South Arlington Street on foot with about $60, according to the police report.
The robber was described as a white male between 40 and 49 years old, between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighing about 190 pounds. He wore a jeans shirt, blue jeans and sunglasses.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Akron Police Department detective bureau at 330-375-2490.
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Akron, OH
Posted 11:44 AM, 10/13/2008
Isn't this the second time this year that they've been hit?
Akron, OH
Posted 12:30 PM, 10/13/2008
I'm just glad the clerk wasn't hurt.
Posted 02:12 PM, 10/13/2008
I am glad the clerk didnt get hurt. I was just over on Laird St., close to Arlington. Why they haven't torn down that entire street is beyond me. It is like entering another demension. Every other house is boarded up and those are nesting places for drug dealers or bums. That entire street / area should be wiped from the maps. Flatten them all. It's nothing but trouble.
Akron, Oh
Posted 02:19 PM, 10/13/2008
If you wipe out their neighborhood they will just migrate further into the suburbs.
Posted 02:31 PM, 10/13/2008
Well, I am glad everything turned out "rosey" and nobody got hurt. I am losing my "impatience" with these fools.
The Great City in, OH
Posted 03:33 PM, 10/13/2008
Posted by BOB 11:19 AM, 10/13/2008
If you wipe out their neighborhood they will just migrate further into the suburbs.
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Mansfield, OH
Posted 04:45 PM, 10/13/2008
Every other house on Arlington boarded up? While the neighborhood is pretty bad from Walmart north past exchange street, it's not even close to the worst in Akron and I don't think I've seen any boarded houses on Arlington Street in that area.
Wiping out the neighborhood isn't the solution to anything. Keep in mind that the neighborhood you're speaking of is predominantly black, and this particular robber was a middle aged white man. Also, drug dealers tend to nest in those places BEFORE they're boarded up. Once they get boarded up, operations move.
Posted 04:58 PM, 10/13/2008
Well put Dan.
