Safety Alert: armed robbery in west Medford

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

This was just sent out to Tufts folks -- thought it was close enough for Davis Square folks to be concerned:

At approximately 4:17 PM today an armed robbery occurred off-campus in the west Medford area near High Street. There were three suspects and a firearm was shown. Medford Police has apprehended two of the three suspects, and has not recovered the firearm reportedly shown in the robbery. The third suspect was last seen in the area around College Avenue and Frederick Avenue, near the Tufts University athletic fields and Cousens Gym complex.

The description of the suspect is a light-skinned black male, teen-aged, last seen wearing jeans, a white tee-shirt and a black backpack. He was on a BMX-style bicycle.

Comments

[ron_newman]

Wow, from a Davis Square perspective I think of that as quiet suburbia. Not a place where this kind of thing happens. Yikes.

[dianamp04.livejournal.com]

I live right off of High Street (though a little aways from the Boston Ave section). I always thought our biggest problems were the damn teenagers who hang out in the parking lot. (Seriously, they're out there until 2am). Also, I evidently don't pay attention to any local news since I never heard about this.