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AN ARMED ROBBERY ALERT --
THREE CRIMES ON AND NEAR THE
CAMPUS OF WESTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY HAVE UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS URGING STUDENTS TO
BE CAREFUL.
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TWO ROBBERIES HAPPENED ON THE
W-M-U CAMPUS AND A THIRD
HAPPENED NEARBY AT A SEVEN-
ELEVEN.INVESTIGATORS THINK
THEY ARE RELATED.
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24 HOUR NEWS 8S HENRY ERB WAS
ON CAMPUS TODAY TO FIND OUT
HOW THE UNIVERSITY AND
STUDENTS ARE REACTING.
WE TALKED TO STUDENTS TODAY
WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
CAMPUS HOLDUPS LAST
NIGHT---AND OTHERS WHO ARE
MORE WORRIED ABOUT FINAL EXAMS
NEXT WEEK.
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((JACOB PORTER. IT DIDN'T
REALLY FREAK ME OUT THAT MUCH,
NO.))WE TALKED WITH WESTERN
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT
JACOB PORTER OUTSIDE BIGELOW
HALL, A DORM NEAR WHICH A
YOUNG WOMAN WAS ROBBED LAST
NIGHT. WHILE SHE WAS REPORTING
THAT CRIME A SECOND ARMED
ROBBERY WAS HAPPENING AT THE
WEST EDGE OF THE CAMPUS WHERE
A MALE STUDENT WAS HELD UP..
THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A ROBBERY
AT THE 7-11 NOT FAR AWAY AT
DRAKE ROAD AND KL AVENUE.
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SAY THE
BANDITS GOT WALLETS AND CELL
PHONES BUT THAT ARMED ROBBERY
IS RARE.
RARE.((CHERYL ROLAND/WMU
SPOKESPERSON. WELL IT'S FAIRLY
UNUSUAL. WE HAD NONE LAST
YEAR. LAST TIME WE HAD ARMED
ROBBERIES WAS A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO. A SUSPECT COMMITTED
TWO AND WAS IMMEDIATELY
CAUGHT.))STUDENT JACOB PORTER
SAYS ALMOST NOTHING HAPPENS ON
THE CAMPUS.
CAMPUS.((I'M MORE WORRIED
ABOUT FINALS RIGHT NOW, NOT
ROBBERIES.))UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS SAY THE RELATIVE
SAFETY OF THE CAMPUS HAS THE
EFFECT OF MAKING STUDENTS LESS
CAREFUL SO TODAY THEY WERE
REMINDING THEM OF BASIC SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS SUCH AS STAYINGIN
LIGHTED AREAS AT NIGHT AND
WALKING WITH OTHERS. STUDENTS
SAY THEY WERE ALSO GRATEFUL
THAT THEY LEARNED QUICKLY
ABOUT THE ROBBERIES LAST NIGHT
THRU AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION
SYSTEM THAT SENDS OUT ALERTS
TO THEIR PHONES.
((JUNE GOTHBERG/RESEARCHER. I
WAS GLAD THEY PUT THE SYSTEM
IN PLACE BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE
WORKING HERE LATE AT NIGHT I
LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO
FIND OUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING
HAPPENING ON CAMPUS.))
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POLICE SAY THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR AT LEAST TWO SUSPECTS. ONE
WORE A PLAID SHIRT AND JEANS,
THE OTHER WAS WEARING A DARK
HOODIE AND SWEATS DURING THE
ROBBERIES. IN THE 7-11 HOLDUP
BOTH SUSPECTS WORE MASKS.