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Pitt Police Crime Alert: A robbery was reported on the 300 block of Oakland Ave. A male suspect implied he had a gun, took two victims' phones and forced them to withdraw money from an ATM before fleeing south on Oakland Ave. Suspect: Black male, 30s-40s, eyeglasses, black beanie, beige trench coat, dark pants. Anyone with information, call Pitt Police at 412-624-2121.
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The roughly four-hour gap between the 9:30 p.m. robbery and the 1:50 a.m. crime alert drew student criticism that Pitt's alerts arrive too late, a recurring complaint about the Oakland neighborhood's timely warnings.
The 300 block of Oakland Avenue is a student-dense stretch of the Oakland business district immediately adjacent to Pitt's campus, well within the university's Clery geography.