Three males solicit donations on MIT property, Cambridge MA


Police responded to MIT property after reports of three males soliciting donations. One male, wearing dreadlocks and a black backpack, fled on foot through the Infinite Corridor and Vassar Street. Officers pursued but could not catch him. The suspects are linked to a gray Toyota Prius and believed to be involved in a donation scam.
Audio|Source: MIT Police and EMS
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Transcript:
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Currently in front of 39, it looks like they stop someone trying to sell it, sell no candy as well in front of 39.
00:10
Two one-six the units.
00:12
Be advised, Cambridge may be trying to identify those three males, I'm going to follow you guys in an email now.
00:22
Okay, my case, control.
00:25
Control's on.
00:31
NYC was canceled by Boston en route and then we were re-dispatched to number four East Brookline Street for the military call.
00:41
Where's the East East Brookline?
00:48
284 to control?
00:50
Hold on.
00:52
You still have them in sight?
01:00
Supermative Mass Ave crossing over in front of 30,
01:06
front of W31, W32, my loading dock.
01:10
All right, copy.
01:16
281, I try to go off with them over here in the driveway.
01:20
Yes, we'll be there in a couple of seconds.
01:27
At GP, they're splitting up, one of them is going back to a 31.
01:33
See.
01:39
All right, two of them are making the way back to a W20.
01:46
What are they wearing?
01:50
Well, he's running back at 2 Corridor.
01:57
All right.
01:59
Blackmail dreadlocks wearing a black backpack.
02:02
Just rained down the infinite corridor toward 26.
02:08
Yeah, I caught him by 38, 39. He's still running.
02:11
What are we stopping this guy for?
02:15
We're on our property.
02:18
We're investigating and we need to name them all three on our property,
02:24
solicitate him.
02:25
Copy that. He's still running down Vassar Street. I'm not going to be able to catch him on foot.
02:30
He's going down towards Main Street.
02:33
Thank you to be eye on as long as possible if somebody's in a cruiser.
02:38
All right, I might have one behind building nine.
02:43
Coming out.
02:47
The way in one.
02:52
The way we want to control.
02:54
Shows on.
03:00
All right, everyone would be doing out stop. I'm going to walk them back to my cruise up. I'll get an idea in a minute.
03:11
All right, now if we could get somebody on Bassett Street, near 37.
03:19
Blackmail, red, lush white,
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hooded sweatshirt, I believe he ran out that way.
03:24
Control 281.
03:26
Control 281.
03:27
Control 281.
03:33
Control to 281. 2.8.1,
03:40
sir, I'm going to have a Gamer's unit meet you. What would you like them to be set?
03:45
Mattie out in front of the turnaround here.
03:52
I secured 284, whoever's driving 284,
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over at 77.
04:00
Yeah, that's up to Padua.
04:03
Start walking back. We lost the other gentleman or the other juvenile with a dread loss and a white sweater.
04:12
On Vastard Street.
04:20
Okay, I'm going to check the Albany Street garage in case he's hiding in there. I'll be on the bike.
04:25
All right, Bobby.
04:28
Westcar on May Street now.
04:34
I want you to control.
04:36
Multiple people said that they didn't see him run by the Alpity Street arrived, so he probably took a different path.
04:42
Received.
04:47
One six to the units. The advised,
04:50
the email I'm looking at from Cambridge PD looks like they're trying to identify these four suspects that we're working for a donation scheme.
04:59
They possibly are associated with a newer model gray Toyota Prius.
05:04
What's what is that?
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Area 2/MIT, Cambridge, MA
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