GRADUATION: Student injured during robbery

A male student suffered injuries while being robbed in the Veterinary School courtyard on May 1, University Police Sergeant Michael Fink said earlier this month. Fink said a man assaulted and robbed the student who was riding his bike through the courtyard and fled the scene on the bike. He added that as the suspect was fleeing the area, he was hit by a car at 39th and Baltimore streets. The man was apprehended by University Police and transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania emergency room by ambulance, Fink said. He added that the student was also transported to HUP to receive treatment for lacerations and a possible concussion. In an unrelated incident, a female student was injured in an April 25 robbery committed by a group of females on 40th Street, between Walnut and Spruce streets, Fink said. Fink said the student and her friends were walking north on 40th Street when one of the females in the group behind her began pulling the student's hair. Fink said a fight ensued and the group of females fled the scene. When the student reached for her wallet, she found that she was missing $43 in cash, Fink said. He added that the student was taken to HUP to receive treatment for minor injuries. University Police have made no arrests in this incident, Fink said, adding that the student did not wish to file a complaint with the Philadelphia Police Department. In a separate incident, a female student is being charged with arson after she set fire to another student's clothes in a High Rise North room on April 30. Fink said the clothes were thrown down a trash chute in the dormitory after they had been set ablaze, causing the the dumpster to catch on fire. The dormitory was evacuated because of the incident and the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the call. The Philadelphia Fire Marshall also responded to the call and placed the female student under arrest for arson, Fink said.