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Shortly after midnight on January 9, at approximately 12:17 a.m., Zone 3 Officers were sent to Minooka Street in Carrick for a report of a street robbery.

After arriving, the officers were informed a a thin black man, approximately 5'8" wearing a hooded, tan coat approached a male victim as he walked along Minooka near the intersection with Brownsville Road, and robbed him of his iPhone and wallet that contained a small amount of cash.

As the result of the investigation, Officers arrested Kamau Thomas, Jr., 19, also of Carrick. Thomas is charged with robbery.