Crime & Safety

Police: Group Tries to Rob Man on Beer Run in Stamford

A man reported to police that a group of eight youths youths tried to rob him while he was walking down the street carrying a grocery bag full of beer.

According to police, the man was strolling down Virgil Street at approximately 10:17 p.m. Tuesday night when right young males approached him and demanded cash.

Police said the man refused and began running northbound along Virgil Street, "bottles clinking as he ran." The youths all reportedly took off on foot heading southbound when the man ran.

The beers all reportedly survived the incident.


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