Police at San Diego State University (SDSU) have issued an alert after two similar thefts happened on campus within days of one another involving cellphones being snatched from students.
The campus police alert said a student was walking in the 5700 block of Aztec Walk at 9 p.m. Thursday, toward the Calpulli Center, when two men came up and asked to borrow her phone.
SDSU Police Department investigators said the first suspect took the phone out of the woman’s hands. Then, the second suspect took the phone from the first suspect. The duo fled on foot toward Hardy Avenue with the stolen phone.
The student was not harmed, police said.
Investigators said this is the second such case to happen on campus in the span of five days. On Sunday, a similar incident – same details, circumstances and suspect descriptions – occurred on campus. The similarities in the crimes prompted police to issue a Community Safety Alert for students on campus and to investigate any potential link in the cases.
SDSU police said both suspects are described as being around 20 years old, both with buzzed, short black hair. The first man was described as 6-feet-tall; he wore a black or gray shirt, red basketball shorts and light-colored tennis shoes. The second suspect was described by police as wearing a gray, zipped hoodie, blue jeans and dark-colored tennis shoes.
Anyone with information on this case can call the SDSU Police Department at (619) 594-1991 or reach out to police via email at police@mail.sdsu.edu. Callers should reference #16-1343.
