Assault Suspect Arrested

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

Somerville Man Arrested In Connection With Recent Assaults - I really hope it was all just this one guy.

Comments

[ron_newman]

So glad to read this!

[chantalzola.livejournal.com]

Me too, though wasn't there another attack today? There was something about it on the news but the sound was off so I couldn't tell if it was from today or not.

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

The article mentions an assault at 1:30 AM on Thursday morning, and they don't know if he did that one as well or not.

[chantalzola.livejournal.com]

Ah OK, sorry, I didn't see that in the article. Man, I hope he did all of them =/

[starxgemini.livejournal.com]

More details about the arrest and the attack on Thursday morning: http://somerville.patch.com/articles/police-arrest-suspect-in-indecent-assault-investigation

http://somerville.patch.com/articles/masked-assailant-assaults-woman-near-porter-square

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Does this quote strike anyone else as odd?

"Our goal was to try to restore some safety and security to these neighborhoods that are good working class neighborhoods." - Deputy Police Chief Paul Upton

One, what are the bad, or non-working class neighborhoods in Somerville? Is he saying people wouldn't care if it were a student area? Is he saying it isn't a student area?

Two, working class? Has he seen the price of houses/rent around there? Can his officers afford to live there?

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

Er, one of the assaults they're pretty sure this guy did was right by Tufts, so I'm positive he wasn't saying they wouldn't protect students as well.

Also, I'm kinda surprised to see that degree of snark this early in the season (snark keeps us warm in the winter, after all). But I guess the Red Sox epic failure-to-playoff would give any of us reason to be cranky.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

You can see him say the quote in the video. I think he meant "which" instead of "that".

[cos]

Reading the articles, they all seem so similar: He grabs an early-20s woman from behind, she screams or fights him off, he flees. Seems reasonably likely it's all the same guy.