On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at approximately 11:17 p.m. a strong arm robbery occurred on the 2300 block of Telegraph.  The male victim, affiliation unknown, was standing in front of Larry Blakes with friends.  The victim dropped his smart phone and an unknown male picked it up.  The victim asked for his phone back.  The suspect started to swear at the victim and hit him in the body.  The suspect handed the phone to an accomplice on a bicycle.  The suspect then punched the victim in the mouth and his accomplice punched the victim in the eye.  During the altercation the suspect dropped the phone and one of the victim’s friends picked it up.  The suspects fled the scene but were detained by BPD a short time later in the general area.  They were positively identified by the victim and arrested.  The victim suffered minor injuries during the encounter.

The suspects were described as:

Suspect #1 – SOLARIO, Michael R., a 20 year old Black male.

Suspect #2 – ALWAIL, Sami, a 23 year old Black male.