Another robbery at Ga. Tech intersection

By MIKE MORRIS

The Atlanta Journalism-Constitution

A woman was robbed early Friday at the same downtown intersection near Georgia Tech where two women were mugged less than 24 hours earlier.

Like Thursday’s victims, the woman in the latest attack, which happened in an area hit by a rash of student robberies earlier this summer, was not a Georgia Tech student or faculty member.

According to Georgia Tech police, the latest victim was at the intersection of Luckie and Hunnicutt streets just south of the campus when the suspect grabbed her purse and ran east on Hunnicutt.

The suspect, described as a black male, 25 to 35 years old, with no facial hair and wearing a white T-shirt, blue jean shorts and tennis shoes, was last seen fleeing south on Centennial Olympic Park Drive.

Thursday, two women were walking back to their vehicle from a nightclub on Luckie Street at about 3 a.m., and were near Hunnicutt Street, a few blocks south of campus, when they were accosted, Georgia Tech police said.

According to a crime alert sent out by campus police, two men approached the women, displayed a handgun and demanded their purses.

One of the suspects was taken into custody by a Georgia Tech officer on nearby Centennial Olympic Park Drive. That suspect was later identified by the victims as being in possession of the weapon used in the robbery.

The second suspect was still at large. He was described as black, 25 to 35 years old, with a “short, stocky” build and wearing a gray or silver hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes.

At least two students were robbed in June in the area of Luckie and Hunnicutt streets.