Police responded to Somerville Hospital Sept. 20 at 12:51 p.m. for a 42-year-old Lynn man with a BB gun shot wound to his hand. The victim told police he left Cambridge Probate Court after a child support hearing at 11:15 a.m. Read more police briefs...
The following is a log of police activity on file at the Cambridge Police Department and available to the public. The Chronicle logs arrests, assaults and car thefts when adequate information is available. There is often limited information for warrant arrests because police said they do not record the arrests in reports.
Police arrested a 17-year-old Cambridge teen Monday on charges he shot an alleged drug dealer on a city sidewalk over the weekend. Wesley Thorpe, of 126 Hampshire St., was arrested at his home on warrants for assault with the intention to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Cops also arrested 18-year-old Herbert S. Marshall Jr., the reported drug dealer Thorpe allegedly shot Saturday night. Police found Marshall shot in the buttocks in front of 55 Hampshire St. Saturday at 10:06 p.m. In the moments after Marshall was shot, he limped to a nearby alley, where he allegedly stashed a bag full of crack cocaine and other drugs, police said.
A man robbed a religious group’s bookshop in Harvard Square last week, but only got away with $51.
Two online con artists tried to rob a man last week under the guise of selling him a GPS system, according to police.
Police released photos taken from video footage of a brazen broad daylight shooting in July and asked anyone with information about the alleged gunman to contact authorities. Police are still searching for three men involved in the Saturday afternoon shooting in the Area 4 neighborhood.
Cambridge police arrested three alleged armed robbers during a Thursday night sting after the suspects allegedly tried to sell their stolen goods to police. Somerville detectives — collaborating with Cambridge detectives — made arrangements to meet Casey R. Kolenda to buy a cell phone — allegedly stolen during an armed robbery — at the Porter Square T station Thursday night. Police said they contacted the Kolenda, who allegedly posted the phone on Craigslist, to set up a meeting.
A judge ordered a 36-year-old New York man held without bail Thursday on charges he allegedly drugged a woman’s coffee with a sleeping pill and brought her back to his hotel room. During a business meeting, Seung H. Han put a sleeping pill in a coffee he bought for the woman at a Cambridge Dunkin’ Donuts, according to Han’s defense attorney and prosecutors. “The next thing she knew, she woke up in a hotel room,” prosecutor Joseph Gentile told the court Thursday.
Police responded to an attempted armed robbery on Pleasant Street Sept. 14 at 5 a.m. A 60-year-old Cambridge man told police he was getting into his car when a man rode up to him on his bike and pretended to be looking for directions. The victim gave the suspect directions after the suspect said he had ridden all the way from Brookline and he was looking for Central Square, police said. The suspect then allegedly dropped his bike on the ground, took out a small, folding knife about 2 to 3 inches long and demanded the victim’s backpack, police said. The suspect then got back onto his bike and fled toward Central Square when the victim screamed for help, according to police reports. The suspect is described as a 20- to 25-year-old black man who was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a do-rag. Read more police briefs.
The task force charged with presenting the City Council with a long-term plan to curb violent crime in the city plans to hold a citywide public forum next week. A week ago, it looked as if the same task force had painted itself into a bit of a corner. By seeking the input of the City Council on when to hold a public forum — scheduled for Sept. 25 in the Sullivan Chamber at City Hall — the task force could have inadvertently delayed the release of its final report.
The following is a log of police activity on file at the Cambridge Police Department and available to the public. The Chronicle logs arrests, assaults and car thefts when adequate information is available. There is often limited information for warrant arrests because police said they do not record the arrests in reports.
Police arrested a 36-year-old man early Friday morning on charges that he allegedly drugged a woman to kidnap her.
A 25-year-old Cambridge man was robbed at gunpoint in North Cambridge Sunday night, just days after residents expressed outrage about gun violence in their neighborhood at a meeting with police.
Residents in North Cambridge said too many of their questions have gone unanswered since an outburst of gun violence in their neighborhood.
A fight between two cab drivers over a spot at a taxi stand in Kendall Square turned violent Friday morning.
A Medford man allegedly smashed up two Central Square payphones and then challenged police to a fight Sunday morning.
The trial of a Cambridge man charged with murdering two people in an Allston apartment in January 2006 began Monday in Suffolk Superior Court. Craig Smith, 38, is charged with the shooting deaths of Julio Ceus, 33, and Natalie Sumner, 18, of Franklin, N.H., in Ceus’ Kelton Street apartment.
About 20 thugs ambushed two men near Donnelly Field in East Cambridge Monday night and beat them until they were unconscious, police said.
Harvard University Police responded to Au Bon Pain at 1360 Mass. Ave. for reports of someone creating a disturbance inside the café Sept. 6 at 6:49 a.m. Harvard Police arrested Stephen Gittens, 46, of 58 Allston St., and charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault and battery on a police officer, malicious destruction of property over $250, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Read more police briefs.
Police seized about $1 million worth of marijuana from an alleged major drug dealer in Cambridge and a Framingham drug house last week, according to prosecutors.
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