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19-Year-Old Man Arrested For Carrick Street Robbery

CARRICK (KDKA) -- A man was arrested Saturday for robbing someone on a street in Carrick earlier that day.

Police responded to a report of a street robbery on Minooka Street around 12:15 a.m. The male victim told police that a man approached him as he was walking near the Brownsville Road intersection and stole his iPhone and wallet, which contained a small amount of cash.

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The victim described the robber as a thin black man who was about 5-feet-8-inches tall, wearing a tan hooded coat. The investigation led officers to arrest 19-year-old Kamau Thomas Jr.

Thomas is charged with robbery.

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