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Police Suspect String Of UC Robberies Related
Ohio law bans firearms on college campuses, preventing students their right to self-defense
Two suspects are in police custody in connection with a robbery on the University of Cincinnati's Clifton campus. Both Cincinnati and UC campus police are trying to determine whether a string of robberies near the campus are related. Police say on Tuesday morning a woman was robbed by Solomon Burson, the suspect, in Sander parking lot on the east side of the campus. Along with a 17-year-old accomplice, police say Burson attacked her and took her bag. Similar attacks have happened near Dyer Hall and the former Hardees restaurant site. Police are investigating whether Burson is linked to those attacks. Students receive e-mail alerts after campus crimes are reported and the situation is making many people nervous. "This week especially we've had three e-mails sent out to us," said Amanda Goldsmith, a freshman at UC, "it's kind of disturbing because we're out late at night. We're always walking -- you kinda know that you cannot be by yourself."

Purse-snatching at “no-guns” BG Market
BG Market has posted “no-guns” signs, letting criminals know their customers are unable to defend themselves, and thus are safe to rob.
[A]suspect was arrested and charged with snatching a woman's purse at BG Market on Thursday. New Boston Police will be filing charges on Monday at Portsmouth Municipal Court against Christopher Erks, 25, for the charge of complicity to robbery. A co-defendant, Clayton Pate, aka Clayton Payton, 22, of Portsmouth was arrested Thursday evening and charged with robbery in the same incident involving a 59-year-old Portsmouth woman. He was charged with second-degree felony robbery. Police Chief Goins said that around 9:20 a.m. on Thursday, the woman was sitting in the patio area in front of BG Market when a man grabbed her purse and ran to a waiting car. Both Pate and Scott are in the Scioto County Jail. Police are still seeking a third suspect.