Gang with shotgun robs man on Spruce

A man was robbed early Monday morning on the 4000 block of Spruce Street by three to four men armed with a shotgun. But police said they do not believe the crime is related to the robbery of Boccie Pizzeria Saturday night, in which two men wielding shotguns stole about $750 and ordered those in the restaurant to lie on the floor. The incident was reported at 1:55 a.m. Monday night. The victim, who lives in the 4200 block of Osage Street and is not affiliated with the University, said the men fled in a red Toyota. University Police Sergeant Keith Christian said police stopped a car fitting that description later that night, but found that the males involved were not those who committed the robbery. A female University student was the victim of an aggravated assault early Saturday morning when she was struck in the face by a broken bottle near Campus Apartments at 4042 Walnut Street, police said. The student refused medical attention, but described the man as a black male, 25 to 30 years old, 6 feet 3 inches tall, between 180 and 200 pounds and wearing a scruffy beard and moustache. A man attempted to rob the Roy Rogers restaurant at 3901 Chestnut Street yesterday morning. The man later robbed a 7-11 in South Philadelphia and got into a struggle with a police officer who jumped into the man's car as he was fleeing. Police said the man attempted to rob the Roy Rogers at about 6:40 a.m. When the robbery failed, the man fled and at 7:15 a.m., robbed the 7-11 at 2301 Passyunk Avenue of $150, just as a police officer was entering the store. The officer pursued the man to his car and tried to arrest him as he drove away, police said. The man drove onto Passyunk, hitting several parked cars until slamming into a van at a nearby gas station. Police in the area then arrested him. The man was taken to the Hosptial of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was listed in critical condition Wednesday. The officer, who sustained a broken nose and other injuries during the incident, was also taken to HUP for observation. In an unrelated incident, Eisenlohr Hall, President Sheldon Hackney's residence, was burglarized Sunday evening, police said. The unidentified burglar stole a cable box and escaped. There were no signs of forced entry, police said.