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Man robbed near UB Main Street campus
Updated: August 21, 2010, 9:49 AM
Amherst police are looking for two robbers wearing ski masks who took about $40 and a cell
phone from a 29-year-old man walking on Springville Avenue near the University at Buffalo Main
Street campus late Tuesday night.
The two men approached the victim at about 11:20 p.m., pointed a gun at him and stole the
items. One of the two thieves then punched him in the mouth, according to police reports.
At least one of the robbers was last seen running down nearby Brant Street.
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