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Student Robbed at Knifepoint on Divinity Avenue, Police Says

Published On 1/17/2008 11:46:56 PM

By CRIMSON NEWS STAFF

Crimson Staff Writer


A male undergraduate was robbed at knifepoint on Divinity Avenue on Wednesday night, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) said in a community advisory yesterday.

The student victim was not identified. According to the police, a man approached the undergraduate from behind on a footpath near the Semitic Museum, displayed a knife, and demanded his money. The student gave his attacker the money and was not injured, the police said.

The incident occurred around the same time as three other robberies in Cambridge and Somerville, the advisory, which was sent to the Harvard community, said.

“Harvard University Police Department is working closely with both the Cambridge and Somerville Police Departments to ascertain if the robberies are connected, and if so, to identity the suspect so that an arrest can be made,” the advisory said.

The robbery was the second attack on a Harvard affiliate made public in a HUPD advisory this month. A female staff member reported being accosted by a man on the corner of Plympton and Mill Streets on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 5. She said that he pulled her hair and punched her in the face while attempting to take her purse, according to the police. She fought back, and the suspect fled.

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Posted by: new guy

With the amount of real estate and suitable targets throughout the Harvard area, I'm suprised that this isn't happening all of the time. But then again, maybe it is and we're just not hearing about it.

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Posted by: BrickCop

I wonder if the Campus blue bloods will rename this incident as "an undesirable currency transfer" stat.

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Posted by: JoninNH

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I wonder if the Campus blue bloods will rename this incident as "an undesirable currency transfer" stat.

Is there a line for that on a Cleary report?

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Posted by: Kilvinsky

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Originally Posted by JoninNH Is there a line for that on a Cleary report?

If the Board of Overseers speak to the right Alum, in no time at all, that will be a viable reported incident. Their alumni are everywhere, I mean EVERY-WHERE! and wield great power. Did you know that the town of Harvard, Nebraska used to be called Yaleville until a member of the class of 1902 made a fuss at the state capitol? Any resident who resisted the change was drafted, regardless of age or gender, sent to France and promptly shot as a deserter during WW1. Keep in mind, this was BEFORE the alumni had any real power! These days, forget it! There are rumors about Harvard, Ill. but anyone who could confirm it is, yup, DEAD!

Reading the story though, it makes me wonder just how important it would be for the Crimson to have the victim's name. Isn't that what they're constantly going to court over? What the hell would that change.

And honestly, it doesn't happen as much as you would think. Sure, it happens, but we're all a little shocked that it's not more frequent.

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Posted by: copcreamer

I bet it was Pring-Wilson trying to do some knife point fundraising for his defense fund. Harvard on Harvard crime.

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Posted by: GodblessThearmy

Harvard crime isn't usually that bad.

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Posted by: mtc

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Originally Posted by copcreamer I bet it was Pring-Wilson trying to do some knife point fundraising for his defense fund. Harvard on Harvard crime.

Isn't he incarcerated? Or was he sentenced to "time served" as part of his plea deal?

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Posted by: Wolfman

We need to have "knife-free" zones.

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Posted by: Kilvinsky

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Originally Posted by mtc Isn't he incarcerated? Or was he sentenced to "time served" as part of his plea deal?

Loss of yacht privleges for one year and no French wine, only California. Brutal system of justice we have, eh?

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