Bike Riders Allegedly Rob Lakewood Residents, Suspects Arrested

LAKEWOOD, OH — Two Lakewood residents were robbed at gunpoint on Edgewater Drive on Friday night. Police said they have arrested three people in connection with the incident.

At about 9:30 p.m., a resident called and said that while in the 13000 block of Edgewater Drive three men on bicycles circled him and robbed him at gunpoint. As officers were investigating that incident, a second call came in, from a resident, saying she had just been robbed by three men on bicycles. That robbery happened on Ethel Avenue, near the railroad tracks.

Both victims were described the same way: three black men, in their teens or early 20s, on bicycles. They were covering their faces with masks, Lakewood Police said.

Officers scoured Lakewood looking for the bike-riders. Details of the crimes were given to surrounding police agencies so their police could also search for the suspects.

At 11:20 p.m., Cleveland Police called and said their officers had detained three men who fit the description given by Lakewood Police. The men had been spotted in the area of I-71 and W. 150th Street.

The Lakewood victims positively identified the suspects, so the three men were arrested and taken to Lakewood Jail, police said.

Two of the suspects are under 18, police noted. The third suspect is an adult.

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