He's caught!

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

I just got a robo call from the Somerville police saying the caught and locked up the Dearborn Road assailant. Good job! That was fast.

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[shirt-seeker.livejournal.com]

I have extremley serious doubts.

[shirt-seeker.livejournal.com]

I did get the same call! Nice moves!

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

shirt_seeker, I'm confused by your two seemingly-contradictory posts here.

[shirt-seeker.livejournal.com]

What can I say?

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Well, what do you have doubts about? Are you doubting that the suspect who has been apprehended is the attacker? Or are you doubting that the police have apprehended a suspect at all?

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

Um, yes, go cops, but did apprehending a suspect merit a robo call at 9 pm? I'd say not.

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

Hell, yes. That's pretty important.

However, was there a robo-call at 6 am the morning of the incident? I'd have liked that.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

You want a robo-call every time the police get a report of someone being attacked? Even in the cases where no suspects have been identified, that's a lot of robo-calls.

[jamiesquared.livejournal.com]

I didnt get a call...strange because I live near Tufts.

[kpht.livejournal.com]

Wait, they put him on trial and convicted him already? Cuz otherwise I'm pretty sure it's just a suspect.

[ellf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, really.

[squonk.livejournal.com]

Point.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Oh, you and your silly "due process."

[firepail.livejournal.com]

I thought this was America! Guilty until proven innocent! Light the torches, assemble the mob!

[two-stabs.livejournal.com]

Seriously. The police department in this town is such a scummy organization.

[curiositykt.livejournal.com]

my first robo call! wee!

[chumbolly.livejournal.com]

The Channel 5 report says that the suspect also matches the description of the person involved in the Powderhouse assault last week. Putting aside for the moment the whinging about robocalls and the OP's oversight in not stating the judicial maxim of innocent until proven guilty, I say good on the police for their quick action, and good on the two victims for going to the police.

[nuns.livejournal.com]

Let's suppose, just for the moment, that they got the wrong perp. Wouldn't the effect of a call announcing that they had caught the assailant have the general effect of making people relax a little, be less on-guard against the still-at-large ACTUAL perp?

For my money, a call announcing that they have apprehended a suspect is good. A call saying they have apprehended the attacker could be very bad indeed if they have the wrong person.

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

I had suspected as much yesterday (http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1340051.html). It just seemed too coincidental, and if he is found guilty, I think it is a good lesson in natural and unavoidable inaccuracies of police descriptions.

what is whinging?

[punketta.livejournal.com]

is it the same as whining? (WHY'ning)

Or is it a Brit thing pronounced (WINGE'ing)?

[uberjay.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to get these notices in some other automated format? Perhaps email or text message, for those of us who don't have a land line.

I see they are available on the somerville city web page, but sadly there is no rss feed for the alerts.

[zmook.livejournal.com]

Yes, there is an email service there somewhere.

[tomchampion.livejournal.com]

Call 311 and sign up for Connect CTY. You can provide up to three phone numbers, cell or landline, and two email addresses per household. If you don't want phone calls ever, let the 311 rep know that you wish to receive email notification only and we'll spoof the database to make sure your number isn't called. That way, you'll get the email version of the message without the phone call. (Many people want, and get, both.) We still need your physical address, though, since our notifications are geocoded.

i work at tufts & got this email today

[left-unsaid.livejournal.com]

To: The Tufts Community
From: Tufts Police
Date: July 7, 2008

Early this evening, on Monday, July 7, 2008, a 25-year-old Somerville man was arrested by Somerville Police in connection with a sexual assault that occurred early Sunday morning near the Tufts University campus.

Michael K. Mahoney was arrested this evening in Cambridge after Somerville Police obtained a warrant for his arrest. Mahoney is charged with aggravated rape and kidnapping in connection with the assault. He will be arraigned tomorrow morning in Somerville District Court.

The victim reported that the suspect confronted her shortly before 6:00 a.m. on Sunday morning as she was walking in Somerville near College Avenue and Dearborn Road. The suspect is alleged to have forced the victim to the rear of a nearby house where the assault occurred.

Chief Anthony Holloway had high praise for the assault victim, who was able to provide crucial information that quickly led investigators to the identity of the suspect. The Somerville Police Department, with assistance from the Tufts University Police Department and the Crime Scene Services Unit of the Massachusetts State Police, is continuing the investigation.

Re: i work at tufts & got this email today

[ladyraycello.livejournal.com]

That stupid piece of shit.
He's the same asshole who attacked the 23 year-old jogger on June 28.

(I know this because I am the jogger).