A roundup of police activity in the neighborhood.
These reports were collected from the Boston Police Department and took place between Jan. 7 and 14 within Charlestown's District A-15. Any charges mentioned do not indicate a conviction. Robbery by Knifepoint on Main Street Two suspects were arrested last week in an armed robbery on Main Street. The victims told police they were walking on Main Street on Tuesday, Jan. 8 when they were approached by two white males who asked them for drugs. Both of the men then showed knives and took a watch from one of the victims, according to police reports. Police located the suspects on Cambridge Street, where they were positively identified, and arrested both individuals. A knife was reportedly recovered from each suspect. The suspects’ names were …
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The victim was hit with pepper spray and her purse was stolen.
[UPDATE Monday, 10:40 a.m.] A woman was attacked and robbed while walking home from the Bunker Hill Community College T stop Saturday night. Boston Police responded to a call about an armed robbery at about 10:24 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24. The victim, a female, told police that she had arrived at the MBTA’s Orange Line train station and started to walk home when an unidentified while male wearing a dark jacket came up to her and sprayed her eyes with pepper spray, according to reports provided by Boston Police Sgt. Tom Lema. “The suspect then proceeded to punch her approximately three or four times in the face, knocking her down to the ground. The suspect then took her pocket book,” Lema said in the report. The suspect reportedly got into…
Owen
6:47 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Please stop with that mentality. This entire country has changed. The world has changed. It's not as simple as believing that the good old boys used to regulate back in the day. more ›