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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; City police on Friday charged a man for his alleged role in a Butler Street mugging last year, one in a series of pedestrian robberies in the East End, Heights and North End areas of Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>Ashavan Terrell Monroe, 22, also known as &#8220;Avon,&#8221; is accused of pistol-whipping and beating a 37-year-old man on on Sept. 6, according to court records.</p><p>Police said the victim suffered a severe head injury that required hospitalization.</p><p>A second suspect, identified by the alleged victim, had not been charged as of Monday.</p><p>Monroe, along with Ravone Davis, 31, were arrested by city police at an apartment in Sherman Hills on Feb. 22, a day after they allegedly mugged two people on New Grant Street in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 21.</p><p>A series of robberies in the city resulted in police issuing an alert in January, warning residents that two men were going around assaulting and robbing pedestrians of cell phones and wallets.</p><p>According to criminal complaints:</p><p>A man told police he was walking on Butler Street on his way to the Intermodal Transportation Center on South Washington Street when he was approached from behind by two men. One of the suspects displayed a handgun that was used to strike him in the head and face.</p><p>The man fell to the ground where he was beaten and robbed of his cell phone valued at $700.</p><p>Police said the man suffered facial injuries and a brain injury. He told police he continues to suffer headaches as a result of the assault.</p><p>Monroe was arraigned by District Judge Thomas Malloy in Wilkes-Barre on two counts each of aggravated assault and robbery, and one count each of simple assault and theft. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $150,000 bail.</p><p>Monroe had been free after posting $100,000 bail Feb. 27 related to charges filed for the alleged New Grant Street robbery.</p><p>Other robberies that had charges filed against Davis:</p><p>&#8226; Jan. 7: Davis and another man, who has not been charged, pistol-whipped and robbed a man on Spring Street, Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>&#8226; Jan. 15: Davis charged with assaulting and robbing a 73-year-old man outside Park Avenue Towers, Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>&#8226; Feb. 8: Davis charged with assaulting and robbing an ex-girlfriend on North Empire Court, Sherman Hills, Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>&#8226; Feb. 21: Davis charged by Wilkes-Barre Township police with robbing a man in Wilkes Plaza, Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard.</p><p>Reported robberies that have not yet resulted in charges:</p><p>&#8226; Jan. 5: A 37-year-old man reported he as robbed by three men wearing surgical masks while walking on Spring Street, Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>&#8226; Jan. 6: A 69-year-old woman reported a man ripped her purse from her arm while walking on South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>&#8226; Jan. 8: A 70-year-old man reported he was assaulted and his wallet stolen while walking on Pearl Street, Wilkes-Barre.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Police: Suspect charged in Butler Street mugging that resulted in severe head injury