Boy younger than 18 years old tries to rob woman on Raleigh greenway, police say

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A teen boy tried to rob a woman on a Raleigh greenway Monday morning.

Raleigh Police Department said it happened around 8:30 on East Fork Mine Creek Trail in the Longstreet Drive and Bent Creek area.

A witness who saw the attempted robbery called 911 immediately.

"There is somebody being attacked on the greenway," the caller said. "The man was top on of her; the woman was walking and she ran."

Police said the robbery victim fought back and was able to thwart the teen. The woman was taken to the hospital with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries after the attack.

Police then caught up with the teen a short time later. His identity will not be released because of his age, but officers said petitions for common law robbery have been taken out against him.

Women who often exercise on that trail told ABC11 that the incident is scary and jarring. One woman immediately stopped her exercise and went home upon hearing the news.

"We just walk the greenway, like every single day. So I ... we saw the police cars, and so it's really scary and sad," Emily Thielman said. She lives along the greenway and was shaken by Monday's incident. "It definitely makes you want to keep an eye out and, you know, don't want to assume the worst about people."

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