Suspects identified after suspicious encounter near MIT bridge, Cambridge MA


Officers from MIT Police, Cambridge Police, and State Police are investigating a suspicious encounter involving two individuals. The incident began on the Boston side of the bridge and continued onto the Cambridge side near MIT. Victims identified the two suspects to officers. Police are working to determine if a crime occurred and whether to detain the suspects.
Audio|Source: MIT Police and EMS
05:19
Transcript:
00:00
Mass and Landsdown, come up to Mass and Lands down. I might have them here.
00:04
Copy. Okay.
00:09
Hey Rob, I have Cambridge in 3-4-out with the victims now. I'm going to head towards the location because I can ID who they point it out.
00:22
Throw it off with the 87.
00:25
Copy.
00:28
Where are you guys exactly?
00:32
LANDS down the mouse house.
00:35
Right.
00:41
(number withheld).
00:43
Okay.
00:48
Just for up, you know, Rob.
00:54
Control two for you when you're ready.
01:01
I stand by.
01:08
Controls on, go ahead.
01:12
All right, first one is Mass ID S Sierra (number withheld).
01:21
That's the Mass ID.
01:23
Second is a drive license S-CERA (number withheld).
01:34
I receive, stand-bye.
01:40
Three-four control.
01:43
Three-four control. Three-four control.
01:49
Three-four, guys.
01:52
This happened on the Boston side of the bridge.
01:57
Then they were encountered again by the same couple crossing into Cambridge.
02:03
They stopped over here at MIT just outside of here while the couple continued walking.
02:09
So this happened on the Boston side of the bridge. She's speaking in full clear English now to the Cambridge officers on scene.
02:19
RACAP be advised, states also in route with us.
02:23
State's off with whom?
02:25
State's going to be en route for this.
02:30
Copy that, I believe I got two state police units pulling up to our location now.
02:35
Receive. Totally 27. Eighty-seven. For that first party, we're going back to a Melanie Keenan, Baderberg 10,
02:44
25, 1994.
02:47
That's 25 Renthouse Terrace out of Springfield.
02:50
That's going to be three and above near warrants.
02:53
That's affirmative on that one.
02:56
Stand by for the second.
03:01
totally seven for the second party go ahead the second party comes back at go Jeffrey Camps hit at 1229 1978 out of 40 oberian that's gonna be a one at the ball negative warrants
03:25
Okay, we're standing by, Mass and Ladin's plans down 3-4 when you get everything figured out down there. Let me know if you want me to kick these two or show up for what we're doing.
03:40
You might want to advise Boston this happened. It sounds like the restaurant that the woman's talking about is the restaurant on the left heading into Cambridge off of Commonwealth Avenue, I believe.
03:54
She mentioned dinner tables that are set outside where she first noticed the individual.
04:01
And then they were approached again by these individuals on the bridge and they let the people pass by them.
04:09
The individual made a couple of comments about a doll and the daughter. Okay.
04:14
I've reached notified boss on this as well.
04:18
A notified boss and let them know where at the 84 Mass Ave. We have state police here right now.
04:25
And I'm trying to get a better description of the two suspects.
04:30
Appreciate.
04:32
The report, we have the parties that they pointed out to me.
04:38
If there's a crime and we need to do a show up, we have them.
04:53
The couple,
04:54
when they were walking over the bridge,
04:57
it would be on the left side of the bridge coming into Cambridge.
05:01
So they would have come into view in any cameras that we may have had, at least from them drive along the way towards here.
05:10
Copy, standby, what information? We're on the, on the apron with Cambridge, with Boston.
05:15
Roger that.
05:17
Control of the 3-4. You have a timeframe on this?
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Area 2/MIT, Cambridge, MA
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