Street robbery reported in Northwest D.C. A street robbery was reported Saturday night at Bancroft and Phelps places NW, an intersection in the District's upscale Kalorama section, an area of elegant and imposing brick and stone-fronted homes, as well as numerous embassies. Other than the affluence of the neighborhood, there was no immediate indication of any link to a series of robberies that have provoked an outpouring of concern in other prosperous sections of upper Northwest. The victim in Saturday's case was punched or slapped and shoved around, police said. One person was taken into custody after the robbery, which occurred about 8:15 p.m. near a corner that is about a block west of Connecticut Avenue, police said. Five people took part in the holdup, police said. One said something suggesting that he had a weapon, but the victim never saw a weapon, police said.