Two women told police that two masked men, one with a gun, accosted them while they were walking on Fry Street early Friday and took their handbags.

Denton police are looking for the two men, believed to be in their early 20s, who wore dark clothing and had cloths over their faces.

The women were walking away from a club at about 2:30 a.m. when a man greeted them and kept walking, according to the police report. They heard a voice behind them saying, “Girls, get your purses down.”

They turned and saw the man they had just seen and another man step out from behind some bushes in the 300 block of Fry Street. The men again told them to put their purses on the sidewalk.

One of the women asked to get her car keys, but the man said they had to go. The men grabbed the purses and fled.

The women ran to a nearby house and called 911, but arriving officers did not find the men.

Other reports

900 block of Frame Street — A man reported to police about 10 p.m. Thursday that a stranger robbed him at knifepoint in his van.

The victim said he picked up the stranger at the corner of Wood and McKinney streets so they could ride around together. He said the stranger asked him to stop at the corner of Davis and Ruddell streets. The man got out of the van, the victim said, and asked the driver to wait for him.

A few minutes later the man returned carrying a bloody knife, the victim told police. The suspect told him to hurry and leave before police arrived. They drove again and stopped on Frame Street, where the suspect threatened him with the knife, took money from the victim’s pockets, and left on foot.ꆱ

2100 Belmont Park Drive — A woman called from California to report that her former boyfriend has e-mailed nude and sexually explicit pictures of her to her family and friends.

The woman said the boyfriend was enraged because she got a new tattoo and he assaulted her, so she left and went home to California. Now he is mad because she left him and is sending the pornographic pictures of her to people she knows, according to the police report.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday:

Denton police handled 325 calls for service and officer-initiated calls, including one report of disseminating an improper photo, two assaults, five thefts, three complaints of criminal mischief, one graffiti, one debit card abuse, one burglary, two cases of possession of drug paraphernalia, one fraud, one attempted suicide, two aggravated robberies, one fight, one case of child endangerment, one violation of a protective order and one failure to identify as a fugitive.

Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 249 calls for service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they serve. Thirty-three people were booked into county jail. Deputies took reports of one harassment and one fraud.

Denton firefighters responded to 18 medical calls, one car fire, one grassfire, one request to assist an invalid, one public service and one traffic accident.

Argyle firefighters responded to one traffic accident.

Corinth firefighters responded to one alarm, two traffic accidents, one animal cruelty case and four medical calls.

Aubrey firefighters responded to three medical calls, one traffic accident and one alarm.

Ponder firefighters responded to one grassfire and a medical call.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to requests to assist a citizen, transfer a patient and assist an agency.

Krum firefighters responded to one medical call.

Sanger firefighters responded to one medical call.

Double Oak firefighters handled one smoke investigation.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com.

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477).