December 11, 2024
Fresh News for the Neighborhood You Love
UPDATE: Suspect Motas-Peña’s bail was set at $50,000. The 13-year-old was held on $10,000 cash bail. Condition’s of the teen’s release if he meets bail include avoiding Franklin Park, his co-defendant and the victim. The teem must also wear a GPS monitoring device.
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On Saturday, just after police swarmed Jamaica Pond looking for three muggers who tried to rob a pair of dogwalkers, cops caught two people in a Franklin Park armed robbery with strong similarities to the Pond attacks.
Police brass tried to reassure a crowd of more than 50 concerned residents who gathered at the Pond Friday that they’re doing everything possible to find two young men suspected in at least two armed robberies.
On Thursday police released a little more detail on the descriptions of two young men, one brandishing a gun, the other holding a knife, who held up people at least twice last week around Jamaica Pond.
Police confirmed that an armed robbery victim at the Pond was tied to a tree by his assailants. Further, a second armed robbery took place the same night.
UPDATE: Police confirm the victim was lashed to a tree, and that other people were also robbed that night.
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A man walking his bike on the footpath by the boathouse at Jamaica Pond was the victim of an armed robbery on Wednesday night.
