Man 'Pepper Sprayed,' Stripped and Robbed in Brooklyn Park

Brooklyn Park: Robbery

A 25-year-old man said three males used pepper spray on him and stripped him of his clothes before robbing him Tuesday night as he waited for the bus on Ritchie Highway near Hammonds Lane in Brooklyn Park.

Officers responded to the area of Camrose Avenue at about 11:55 p.m. Tuesday and spoke with a Pasadena man who said he had been robbed about 30 minutes earlier, according to a police report.

The man told police that three males approached him and asked him if he had any drugs. When the man told the suspects he did not have drugs, one of them used pepper spray on him while the others stripped him of his shirt, pants and shoes. The victim said his pants contained his cell phone and money.

The suspects fled across Ritchie Highway towards Walton Avenue, police said. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspects. Fire personnel treated the victim on the scene, police said.

Brooklyn Park: Robbery

Two males assaulted a 43-year-old Brooklyn Park man on the morning of Christmas Eve in the 100 block of Church Street before taking cash and prescription medication, police said.

According to a police press release, officers responded to the 5200 block of Kramme Avenue in Brooklyn Park on Tuesday for a reported robbery that occurred Christmas Eve.

The victim told police he was walking in the 100 block of Church Street near Johnson Street at about 11:45 a.m. on Christmas Eve when two males approached him and demanded his belongings. The man said the suspects punched him and knocked him to the ground and then took an undisclosed amount of cash and prescription drugs.

The suspects ran in an unknown direction. The victim suffered minor injuries but refused medical treatment, police said.

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