Cambridge police investigate report of 13-year-old grabbed by man
Extra police patrols have been deployed to the neighborhood.
Cambridge police conducted a door-to-door check of houses in the Wellington-Harrington neighborhood Tuesday night, a day after a 13-year-old girl was allegedly grabbed by an unknown man as she walked home from a youth center.
Jeremy Warnick, a police spokesman, said the incident occurred in the area of Windsor and Palermo streets Monday at around 6 p.m. Police said that the suspect grabbed the girl by the arm as she was walking home from the Frisoli Youth Center at around 6 p.m. The girl, a Cambridge resident, escaped without injury.
A 13-year-old girl was allegedly grabbed by an unknown man as she walked home in the area of Windsor and Palermo streets Monday at around 6 p.m.
The suspect was described by police as a five-foot-seven, middle-aged white man with a gray beard and dark-colored, hooded jacket. Police are looking for any witnesses or video surveillance from residents or businesses in the Wellington-Harrington neighborhood that may have noticed anything suspicious during or around the time of the reported incident.
The youth center is located approximately one-tenth of a mile away from where the girl was allegedly grabbed.
Extra police patrols have been deployed to the neighborhood.
The department is working closely with the family of the girl, the youth center, and the school department.
No other information is available at this time.
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