Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 22, 1990 TAG: 9005220077
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
A 49-year-old man who gave a ride to a man Saturday night was beaten, robbed and then pushed from his car. The person who took his car is suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run in Botetourt County sometime after the robbery.
Two women who accepted a ride from a man early Saturday were driven to the 500 block of Patton Avenue and then robbed of about $300.
A Christiansburg man who was driving the 800 block of Hunt Avenue Friday night was approached by a group of about seven teen-agers, some of them carrying knives. The youths demanded that the man get out of the truck. He was then beaten and robbed.
A Roanoke man was robbed of $450 Friday after he accompanied two women and a man to a motel room on Kimball Avenue.
A group of teen-agers approached a man on Chapman Avenue Saturday and demanded money. The man escaped after brandishing a pocket knife at the youths.
by CNB