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THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 AT 6:00.
A
UC STUDENT AND YOUNG COUPLE
THREATENED WITH A GUN IN THEIR
HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT.
GOOD EVENING
I'M MIKE DARDIS.
I'M SHEREE PAOLELLO.
IT'S ANOTHER ROBBERY AT GUNPOINT
JUST OFF
UC CAMPUS.
WITNESS NEWS 5'S JOHN LONDON
TALKED WITH ONE OF THE VICTIMS
FOR US TODAY AND JOINS US
LIVE
NOW WHERE IT ALL THAN ENDED.
JOHN.
YEAH, THIS IS WHERE THEY
WERE
LED AT GUNPOINT, THE DEAD-END OF
CONKLIN.
THEY WERE TOLD TO GET
ON THEIR
KNEES, PUT THEIR FACES TO THE
GROUND AND COUNT TO 100.
THEY STOPPED TO 30
REALIZINGTH
ROBBER BOLTED INTO THEIR WOODS
WITH THEIR TV, COMPUTER AND
HUNDREDS OF
DOLLARS.
IT HAPPENED HERE ON WARNER AT
3:15 IN THE MORNING.
A YOUNG MAN AT GUNPOINT ON THE
SIDEWALK FORCED INTO HIS HOME
WHERE TWO ROOMMATES WERE
SUDDENLY AT THE MERCY OF A GUY
WHO WAS SPEEDING.
HE WAS
SWEATING, HE WAS
JITTERY, HE WAS
DEFINITELY ON SOMETHING.
IN THE DAYLIGHT A SENIOR
SPOKE WITH US ABOUT
LOSING HIS
LAPTOP AND FOUR YEARS WORTH OF
WORK AND THE CHILLING WORDS THAT
STARTLED HIM
OUTSIDE HIS BEDROOM
DOOR.
HE WAS LIKE, IF HE DOESN'T
OPEN UP THE DOOR IN TEN SECONDS
I'M
GOING TO SHOOT BOTH OF YOU.
IT'S AT LEAST THE FIFTH
RECENT GUNPOINT ROBBERY IN THE
UC AREA.
I KNOW IT HAPPENS.
IT'S A DANGEROUS AREA WE ALL
KNOW THAT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT'S
TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT
LOCKING DOORS
AND WINDOWS MAKING
SURE VEHICLES ARE LOCKED WITH
NOTHING VALUABLE VISIBLE.
MY
ROOMMATE WORKS ON HIS CAR,
HE'S ACTUALLY ONE THAT DOESN'T
LOCK HIS
CAR.
HE SAYS PEOPLE GO THROUGH HIS
CAR.
SAFETY IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
ON THESE PERIMETER STREETS
AROUND CAMPUS WHERE THERE ARE
STEPPED UP PATROLS.
SOME BLOCKS HAVE A SURVEILLANCE
CAMERA, SOME SEEM TO
ONLY HAVE A
SIGN SUGGESTING THAT.
WHOEVER THREATENED TO KILL JOE
AND HIS FRIENDS LEFT A
LASTING
IMPRESSION IN MORE WAYS THAN
ONE.
HE WAS SAYING OH THIS IS A
LOW POINT IN MY LIFE AND
EVERYTHING, AND SO THIS IS HOW
LIFE GOES AND I JUST NEED MONEY
RIGHT
NOW.
THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD YOU?
YES, I GUESS HE WAS TRYING TO
JUSTIFY IT IN HIS HEAD,
YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN, AND SO AT THAT
POINT I KNEW THAT DEEP DOWN
INSIDE HE KNEW WHAT HE
WAS DOING
WAS WRONG.
AND BEFORE THE ORDEAL ENDED
IN
THESE WOODS THE THREE NOTICED
SEVERAL PLAY CRUISERS ABOUT FIVE
HOUSES AWAY ON
ANOTHER STREET
BUT THEY THOUGHT IT TOO RISKY TO
TRY TO ALERT THEM AS JOSEPH PUT
IT TO ME THIS
AFTERNOON, NOW YOU
JUST TRY TO PICK UP THE PIECES
AND KEEP ON GOING.
REPORTING LIVE,
JOHN LONDON,
WLWT NEWS 5.
A FRIGHTENING SITUATION, JOHN
THANK YOU.
ACCORDING
TO UC ROBBERIES ARE
DOWN 13% FROM A YEAR AGO.
STILL CAMPUS POLICE TELL US THAT
POLICE ON AND OFF CAMPUS ARE
WORKING TOGETHER BY BEING MORE
VISIBLE ON THE STREETS AND