A shocking robbery, and a surprising upstaging of the Boston Herald?
There’s a special place in town for this kind of stuff and it ain’t here:
Five teens are to be arraigned today in Boston Juvenile Court on charges that they robbed a man at gunpoint near the intersection of Boylston Street and Park Drive on Saturday. The victim, whose name was not released, told police he was walking when a group of teens approached him and pointed pistols at his abdomen and at the back of his head just before 8 p.m. They ran off with a black bag he was carrying. Northeastern University police later told Boston police that young men fitting the description were seen near Westland Avenue. Boston police found two air pistols and the victim’s bag in their possession, and arrested them. The group included two 14-year-olds and a 15-year-old from Roxbury, a 16-year-old from Avon, and a 15-year-old from Boston.
Here’s hoping that there was something about the victim that made him a non-random victim. If that’s not not the case, thanks, Kathy, for letting the crap spill into our neighborhood.
In other news, and in news about news, did the Boston Herald fail to report the latest homicide in the city? Boston Globe has a story about the murder of an 18-year old kid on Saturday night, while the Herald’s primary chronicler of murder and mayhem, Michele McPhee, slams the Commonwealth for pouring money into Fenway (doesn’t she know that Maitland Street is critically important?). I just can’t find an item about the murder in the Herald.
