Crime Alert

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

I thought people might want to know because I never seem to hear about these things on the news....and I think this is technically somerville (though it might be just over the somerville line).

Shortly before 1 a.m. on December 18, 2007, the Tufts Police responded to a report from a Tufts student of an armed robbery that occurred at the intersection of Powderhouse Blvd. and Packard Ave. in Somerville. The suspect showed a handgun and demanded money, which the student gave him.  The suspect then fled the area. In the course of responding to that incident, police found a second victim, who was not affiliated with Tufts, and reported a similar scenario on Packard Ave.  Both victims described the suspect as follows:

Black male, approximately 25 years old, wearing a dark hoodie and blue jeans, scruffy goatee, and white knit snow cap.  In both cases, the suspect showed a black handgun.

An area search conducted by both the Tufts Police and the Somerville Police proved negative.  The Somerville Police later received a report of a similar incident, with the same suspect description, near the Cambridge/Somerville line.  At this time, no suspects have been identified in these incidents.