Cincinnati man wanted for Facebook Marketplace robbery in West Chester

Credit: WEST CHESTER POLICE

Credit: WEST CHESTER POLICE

A man who tried to sell his cellphone advertised on Facebook Marketplace on Monday instead had the phone and money stolen, and his friend assaulted.

Now, 19-year-old Darien Isaiah Hudson is wanted by West Chester Twp. police.

Hudson met a man in the Meadow Ridge Apartments off Muhlhauser Road, but ran off with the money and cellphone. The victim’s friend chased him but was assaulted by Hudson and three others, police said.

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Hudson stands 5 feet 10 and weighs about 122 pounds. He is known to hang around the area near the robbery but his last known address is in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, police said.

Anyone with information on Hudson’s whereabouts is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040 or West Chester police at 513-777-2231.

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