DATE: Thursday, November 20, 1997           TAG: 9711200455

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: BY SUSIE STOUGHTON, STAFF WRITER 

DATELINE: SUFFOLK                           LENGTH:   38 lines

SUFFOLK HIT BY RASH OF HOLDUPS NEAR DOWNTOWN

An 11-year-old girl whose coat was taken was among the victims of four robberies Tuesday in areas near downtown.

Police gave these accounts:

The girl was robbed at knifepoint as she walked home after getting off a school bus at the corner of Halifax Street and Bank Street Extended in the Lloyd Place neighborhood.

A man threatened to cut her throat and took her pink, hooded coat.

He was described as black, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 120 pounds, with a 1 1/2-inch scar resembling a snake on his right cheek. He was wearing baggy, white pants.

China Village in the 300 block of E. Washington St. was robbed about 8:55 p.m.

A man, wearing a stocking mask and indicating he had a gun, demanded money from the cash register. He was described as black, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, between 130 and 140 pounds, and wearing dark clothes and a cap.

A woman was robbed in the parking lot outside the BeLo grocery store in the 500 block of E. Constance Road about 9:15 p.m.

Two black males pushed her down and snatched her purse, which contained a wallet, credit cards and her checkbook.

One suspect was described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and 130 pounds; the other as 5 feet 6 inches tall and 150 pounds.

A Domino's Pizza driver was robbed about 9:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Duke St.

A man with a handgun approached him outside a residence and took money, a pizza and a soft drink. The suspect was described as black, 17 or 18, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 140 pounds, with a light complexion and a mustache.

Anyone with information is asked to call Suffolk police at 925-6350 or Crime Line at 539-1222. KEYWORDS: ROBBERY

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