COLUMBIA, Mo. – At 9:53 p.m., Tue., Sept. 20, the University of Missouri-Columbia Police Department received a report of a robbery that happened on the sidewalk between Dumas Apartment Complex and Hitt Street.

A female student had her purse pulled from her hand by a male subject who then got into the passenger side of a white vehicle, possibly a 90’s model Oldsmobile, and left the area southbound on Hitt Street turning right onto University Avenue towards Domino’s Pizza on 9^th street. No weapon was displayed or inferred during the incident.

The suspect is described as a black male wearing a white t-shirt, long red athletic shorts, and white tennis shoes. The male’s hair was described as medium length, dark in color and messy.

The driver of the vehicle, that left the area with the suspect, was described as a black male wearing a white shirt.

If you have information on this incident contact Detective Chris Papineau at 884-3721 or crime stoppers at 875-TIPS.

MUPD 24-2005