Thief threatens him with rock, is arrested, cops say
Maldonado
By DON CONKEY The Patriot Ledger BRAINTREE -A Dorchester man was arrested after allegedly stealing an Xbox 360 computer game system from a 13-year-old boy.
Richard Maldonado, 41, was charged with armed robbery, police said.
Police said the boy was playing the computer game Wednesday while with his mother at a laundromat in North Braintree Square.
The boy left his game unattended for a few minutes and when he returned, he saw Maldonado leaving the laundromat with a blue laundry bag, police said.
The boy then noticed that his Xbox 360 was missing and chased Maldonado across Washington Street and confronted him in the Braintree Cooperative Bank parking lot, police said. The boy pleaded with Maldonado to give him back his game and told him that it was a gift from his mother after his father died, police said.
Police said Maldonado’s response to the boy's plea was to pick up a large rock and order him several times to ‘‘back off.’’
A witness told officers that he observed a man fitting Maldonado's description running down River Street.
Police found Maldonado at a friend’s house, and he was arrested. The computer game was returned to the boy.
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