Lehigh and Moravian Students Robbed at the Point of Gun

I have a friend who was once robbed for his six pack after strolling out of the Tally Ho one weekend evening. 

South Bethlehem can be a shady, shady place. What sucks about that the most is South Side has been undergoing at least SOME sort of Renaissance what with the First Friday events and other local gatherings such as the Chili Cook Off thing that was totally awesome.

But, those events mostly take place during the day. 

If you’re out after midnight… 

Four college students were robbed at gunpoint around 1 a.m. Sunday near Thomas and Buchanan streets in south Bethlehem,Lehigh University police Chief Ed Shupp said in an e-mail to students and staff.

The victims, a male Lehigh student and three female Moravian College students, were robbed while waiting for a cab about three blocks east of Lehigh’s campus. No one was injured and the only item taken was an iPod, Shupp’s e-mail states.

One robber was described as a 6-foot-2-inch-tall Hispanic man in his mid-20s with a medium build and a chin-strap beard who was wearing jeans and a white T-shirt. The other robber was a 6-foot-2-inch-tall black male in his mid-20s with bushy hair who was wearing jeans and a blue-and-white shirt.

University and city police are investigating. Source

Those are some tall robbers.

Oh, and thank goodness the Lehigh University police are involved, wouldn’t want the Bethlehem Police to have to do all the work themselves. 

Happy post Labor Day!

Summer be over!