{"id":93186,"date":"2015-07-03T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/93186\/community-assist-in-mans-arrest\/"},"modified":"2015-07-03T08:55:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T06:55:39","slug":"community-assist-in-mans-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/07\/03\/community-assist-in-mans-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Community assist in man’s arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the Primrose community recently came to the aid of a woman who was allegedly robbed by a 30-year-old man.<\/p>\n

It is alleged that the accused climbed into the woman\u2019s vehicle when she stopped at a stop sign in Medler Road.<\/p>

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\u201cThe victim explained that the man threatened her with a sharp object and demanded that she hand over her cellphone and money,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>\n

The suspect grabbed R700 from the victim\u2019s jacket pocket, jumped out of the vehicle and started running away.<\/p>

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The woman\u2019s screams for help were heard by members of the community and they gave chase after the man.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe accused was chased down and caught by members of the community, who then called officers to the scene,\u201d Maome explained.<\/p>\n

“We thank the community members who helped the victim.”<\/p>\n

The man was charged with common robbery and will appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court soon.<\/p>\n

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