AVALON – Police Chief David Dean and Avalon Police Department requests the public’s help with an investigation of a robbery and assault of a woman who was riding her bicycle Sunday, April 26 at about 8:30 p.m. while coming home from the Princeton Bar.
The victim told police that she rode her bike in a westbound direction on the 200 block of 21st Street when she encountered four teenage males riding their bikes. The males assaulted the victim with an unknown weapon and took $55 in cash from her.
The victim received assistance at the scene from a couple that drove by as the assault took place. The couple transported the victim to the Avalon Police Station.
The four suspects are described as white males, all between 15-17 years old. One suspect was wearing a distinct black and white zippered jacket with a pattern made of human skulls; he also wore a matching black baseball-style hat with the outline of a single skull covering the entire surface. A second suspect was wearing blue jeans, a T-shirt and flip-flops. The third suspect was wearing dark-colored Speedo surfing shorts with a matching zippered top. No description was given for the fourth suspect.
The Avalon Police Department would like to speak to the unknown couple who provided assistance to the victim and to anyone who may have witnessed, or have information about, the assault and robbery.
If you have any information about this crime, please call in your tip to Cape May County Crime Stoppers at (609) 465-2800 or Avalon Police Department Tip Line at (609) 967-3411; your identity will be kept confidential and the Avalon Police Department has offered a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrests of suspects.
Tips can also be emailed in to the Cape May County Sheriff’s Office new Web Tip Line at www.cmcsheriff.net.
All tips are kept confidential.
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