Authorities believe man tried to sexually assault a woman in a parking garage.
Updated 11/24 with additional information from Newton Police Newton Police are looking for a suspect in an attempted sexual assault in a parking garage early Thanksgiving morning. According to a press release issued by the Newton Police, a 49-year-old woman was getting out of her car on the second level of the Crowne Plaza parking garage around 12:30 a.m. when a man approached her with a handgun. The man, who reportedly spoke with "a Russian or Romanian accent," threatened the victim "to let him perform a sexual act on her or he would kill her." The victim then put her hand in her purse and moved it around, which caused the suspect to back away. The woman was able to get back into her car, lock the doors and drive to the street level of …
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Toyota 4Runners targeted at Crate & Barrel Two Toyota 4Runner owners reported parts missing from their cars Monday after they returned to their cars, which were parked at the The Chestnut Hill Mall near Crate & Barrel. According to police reports, the first victim left his car around 8 a.m. Monday and returned around 1:30 p.m. to find the catalytic converter missing. Another victim, who also had her catalytic converter stolen, told police the incident happened sometime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday. New Jersey man arrested at Crowne Plaza A Chatham, NJ man was arrested Tuesday after Newton Police and State Police were notified by the Sex Offender Registry Board that a listed sex offender had not registered his new address at the …
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George Zeliger
11:52 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Russian or... Romanian? An interesting juxtaposition. Not Ukrainian, Belorussian, Serbian, Albanian, even German? What is Romanian accent, anyways? I am afraid, this casts doubt on the Russian identification as well... more ›