Man seeks backpack with medication from uncle's apartment, Cambridge MA


A man is seeking police help to retrieve his backpack with medication from his uncle's apartment near Franklin St. The uncle is not opening the door due to a possible mental health issue related to military flashbacks and refuses to cooperate. The man recently had hernia surgery, is in pain, refuses hospital treatment, and wants to get his backpack.
Audio|Source: Cambridge Police
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Transcript:
00:00
We got a party here looking for some assistance in regaining some property from near Franklin St Department, 1807.
00:11
Okay, so...
00:12
What is it? You need for me, I'm sorry, I didn't catch the end of that.
00:18
Sorry, no, I don't need any from me. I'm just notifying you. What's the party over here at the substation is looking for? Please.
00:27
5.R. 18.
00:33
I've got a party over here, (name withheld). He's looking to get a backpack out of his uncle's apartment over at near Franklin St, apartment.
00:44
Checking him with you and make sure it's all right to go over there.
00:47
Can you go to five?
00:51
Five barn five.
01:00
Apparently he and his uncle had a disagreement. His uncle apparently is,
01:05
as he describes it, having a flashback from the military, so he decided to leave the apartment.
01:12
His uncle was not opening the door so he cannot get his backpack with medications.
01:17
I offered to send him to the hospital, but he's refusing.
01:20
He wants his backpack.
01:23
Looking the last few hours, yes.
01:25
I'm trying to get information out of him, but he claims he just had hernia surgery and he's in a lot of pain and refusing to repeat himself.
01:38
Probably that's an offer him the hospital route again.
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Location mentioned:
Near Franklin St, Cambridge, MA 02139
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