Street robbery on Meacham Road (Cambridge end)

[ron_newman]

Fronm the Cambridge Police's North Cambridge Crime Log:

Street Robbery
3.1.08, 9:24 pm
Meachan [sic] Rd towards Mass Ave

Two male suspects, unknown race, dressed in black, approached the victim and asked for directions. One of the suspects then punched the victim in the mouth and demanded money. After taking $125 from his wallet, the suspects fled towards Davis Square.

(thanks to Adam Gaffin of Universal Hub for spotting this)

Comments

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Every time I see a story like this, I wonder: Who walks around with $125 in their wallet?

[ron_newman]

It's about twice as much as I usually carry, but doesn't seem like a huge amount.

A person with a job?

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

I usually take 80-100 out per atm visit

Re: A person with a job?

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

I have a job, and I never carry that much cash. I use my debit card to pay for almost everything. But even before debit cards, I still never carried that much cash.

Re: A person with a job?

[ron_newman]

A lot of places where I tend to spend cash (e.g. take-out or short-order restaurants) don't take debit cards. If it's a place I want to support, I'd prefer to pay cash so that a bank doesn't take a bite out of what I'm spending there.

Re: A person with a job?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_meej_/]

On the other hand, if you get held up and your debit card gets taken (provided it's one of those usable-wherever-credit-cards-are ones) you're extra-stuck - a friend lost her wallet recently and had her bank account fairly quickly emptied out, and it takes a while for the money to get back in there.

Which is why my ATM card is an ATM card, but not "fake credit card" usable, and I carry a bit more cash.

Re: A person with a job?

[ron_newman]

Same with me -- my Wainwright ATM card requires a PIN, and has no MasterCard or Visa logo on it. I've read that banks charge merchants much less for PIN transactions than for pseudo-credit-card transactions.

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

> Who walks around with $125 in their wallet?

Do you think $125 is too much or too little?

[righteousness-1.livejournal.com]

Scum.

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

Ron, that's a pretty useful link. Possible candidate for the davis_square profile page?

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

I've been noticing the odd robbery in Davis in the police blotter over the past few weeks. On the other hand, vehicle break-ins are back down to the usual dull roar.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/police_and_fire/x39084449
Feb. 26, 7:10 p.m., report of an unarmed robbery at Hawthorne and Willow avenues.
Feb. 29, 9:52 a.m., report of a robbery at knifepoint at 5 Davis Square.
( only two other robberies in the entire city )

http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/police_and_fire/x288023243
Feb. 18, 7:08 p.m., report of an armed robbery at Holland and Day streets.
( the only robbery listed for that week )