Student Robbed Near Quincy Male undergraduate allegedly held at knife point By EMILY J. HOGAN Crimson Staff Writer A male undergraduate student was allegedly mugged at knife point Monday night, according to a community advisory e-mail issued by the Harvard University Police Department yesterday morning. The student was walking on Plympton Street between Mass. Ave. and Mt. Auburn Street at about 11:45 p.m. on Monday night, when he was allegedly approached by a man holding a knife, the e-mail stated. The armed man allegedly demanded the student’s property, and the victim handed over his Ipod and money. The alleged perpetrator fled, and the student was left unharmed, the e-mail said. The student has stated that his alleged attacker was wearing a bandana, but could provide no further description, according to the e-mail. An individual was briefly detained for the crime Monday night, according to HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano. Loyal B. Egan ’12 said he observed a handcuffed man sitting outside Quincy House surrounded by police around midnight Monday night. There were about four police cruisers and a police van parked on Plympton Street and Mass. Ave., according to Egan. He also observed a college-aged man entering a police cruiser with HUPD officers. “[An officer] told me that somebody was mugged at knife point right on Plympton, right outside The Crimson,” Egan said. Officers were searching the immediate area with flashlights, according to Egan. Because the incident did not occur on an area of campus that qualifies as University property, the case will be handled by the Cambridge Police Department, according to the advisory e-mail. No one has been arrested for the crime, according to CPD spokesperson James DeFrancesco. The CPD believes that the robbery is an isolated incident, DeFrancesco said. No police log entry was yet available from the CPD documenting the alleged crime. At this time there is no reason to believe that the armed robbery is related to a shooting that occurred yesterday in Kirkland House, according to Catalano. This year, the Harvard student community has received e-mail advisories about six robberies or attempted robberies that have occurred since August 2008. HUPD was dispatched for 14 robberies last school year, three of which occurred on Harvard’s Cambridge campus, according to the HUPD Web site. —Staff writer Emily J. Hogan can be reached at ejhogan@fas.harvard.edu.
Isolated...just like last week's shooting. While two incidents is insufficien to make a pattern, it's almost as if they never thought the day would come that some sh*theads would get the ingenius idea to rob unarmed, liberal rich kids who are aloof from reality. And they figure if they get caught, their victims will pity them as "products of the system".
They left out some 'allegedes' I'll fix it. I should have gone to journalism school. I could still teach these kids a thing or two.
There's Quincy Street, Quincy Square, Quincy House, Quincy Delta, Quincy Adams, Qui...I've gone too far. The first three apply to Cambridge.
Kilv, You are an old enough fart for me to call you out on omitting Dr. Quincy M.E. Jack Klugman must be very disappointed!
"Welcome to the fascinating world of forensic pathology..." *Da da da da da da... Da da da da da da* "It was muurderrr, Sam!"
NEPS, Before you go to bed tonight, let this be your last thought and see if you can keep the tune out of your head all day tomorrow. [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08cXyrDewlQ"]YouTube- Quincy M.E[/nomedia]
I bet Sam is retired by now. He learned a lot from Quincy. I always found it interesting that Quincy could get good looking babes. Here was an old guy who worked as a Coroner and he could get BABES! I can't, but HE could. No justice, none. But a hell of a doctor.
Hey Kliv... tell that student if he thinks being robbed by knifepoint is bad... wait until he actually has to pay taxes in Massachusetts.
True, but I often feel like I'm underwater and sinking fast. I guess a boat would do it though. When he would trace the body of that girl in the opening credits and it would zoom out to reveal the babe on the boat, I should have picked up on the whole BOAT thing. You've opened my eyes again Bruce. Keep it coming because even at my age, I need all the education I can get. Now, to go boat shopping.
