Crime & Safety

Police Investigate Armed Robbery in Tri-City Area

The alleged robbery was reported on Friday in the area of Bart Way and Civic Center Drive.

Police are investigating a Friday armed robbery in Fremont in which the suspect held up the victim at knifepoint. Officers responded to the area of Bart Way and Civic Center Drive on a report of a robbery and learned the victim was walking on Bart Way when a silver SUV pulled up next to him.

A man wearing a ski mask got out of the SUV, pulled a knife and demanded property from the victim, police said. The victim gave the suspect his property, and the suspect got back into the vehicle and fled the area.

The victim said the suspect was a dark-skinned man, and there were two more suspects wearing ski masks inside the vehicle.

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