A cab driver was robbed on Pennington Avenue and a 56-year-old woman was robbed on Stuyvesant Avenue Saturday.
TRENTON -- Detectives are investigating the robberies of a woman walking in the West Ward and a cab driver in North Trenton, Trenton police say.
At about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, police were called to the 300 block of Pennington Avenue for a reported robbery and found a cab driver who had been assaulted and held up by two customers, a Trenton police spokesman said.
File photo The driver, a 43-year-old male, told police he picked up a man and a woman up at a pizzeria in Hightstown and drove them to Pennington Avenue.
When the driver asked for the $30 payment, the couple provided a credit card, which was declined, police said.
When the driver said the card was declined, the male held a knife to the cab driver's neck and demanded money, and the credit card, police said.
The male grabbed the credit card, but the driver did not hand over any cash.
The man and woman fled on foot and the driver was not injured, police said.
The suspects were described a white male, 18 to 25 years old, 5-feet 8-inches tall who wore a gray jacket, blue jeans and sneakers with a white stripe.
The female was described as a white female, 35 to 45 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall who weighed about 120 pounds who wore a gray jacket and black pants.
City detectives will be visiting the Hightstown pizzeria and Pennington Avenue in search of surveillance footage, police said.
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At about 6 p.m. Saturday, in the 1000 block of Stuyvesant Avenue, a 56-year-old woman was robbed by five males as she walked on the street.
The woman told police said she was walking toward Maple Avenue when the males passed her. Just after they passed her, they turned around and attacked the woman, stealing her cell phone and purse, police said.
The woman was grabbed around the neck and knocked to the ground, but not seriously injured, police said.
The victim was not able to further indentify the male robbers. Detectives will be searching the area for video surveillance, police said.
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