Lincoln police arrested a 34-year-old man Tuesday and were working to identify a second suspect they believe beat and robbed a cyclist carrying a puppy late Sunday, Capt. Jeff Bucher said.
A 21-year-old man was riding on the sidewalk in the 300 block of North 50th Street around 11:45 p.m. when a car pulled up and the men got out and robbed him, Bucher said.
They took his purple-and-yellow BMX-style bike with yellow spokes, his cellphone, cash and his 5-month-old, 30-pound Labrador/pit bull puppy, a police report said.
The cyclist was taken to the hospital and treated for fractures in his jaw, right cheek and nose, Bucher said.
Officers on Tuesday arrested Jeremy Stodola, a transient, on suspicion of robbery.
Police have not found the puppy.