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Shoplifting reported at Harvard Square storeCambridge MA

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Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138

As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a shoplifting report at the Coop in Harvard Square, Cambridge. The suspect, wearing a black coat with a white stripe, fled toward JFK and Elliott Streets near Charlie's Kitchen. Officers searched the area but lost sight of the individual.

Audio|Heard on: Middlesex MA Law Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:31
Transcript:
00:00
I was just flagged down by someone at the Coop in Harvard Square.
00:04
They had a shoplifter and they're heading up towards JFK and Elliott right now.
00:08
Black coat with a white stripe on the back.
00:10
I'm gonna walk up, see if I can't catch up.
00:14
The Coop still having a 50.
00:18
Okay.
00:20
Three just got flagged down from the Coop at SP, headed out Palmer.
00:24
Black shirt with a white stripe on it, just left.
00:30
Copy.
00:31
Almost back in sector.
00:34
Received.
00:37
They just stepped off towards Charlie's Kitchen in that area.
00:43
(name withheld), Charlie's Kitchen received.
00:45
Wagging him off at base.
00:48
Received wagon at station (number withheld).
00:52
Power 15 is off of the Coop.
00:55
Power 15, you're off the Coop.
00:57
Till the (number withheld), (number withheld)?
01:00
Target (number withheld), some of (number withheld).
01:05
They got a party inside (name withheld).
01:08
Or (name withheld), they'd like him trespassed.
01:12
He's at the electronics department currently.
01:15
Copy.
01:17
Three to control.
01:20
Answer three.
01:22
I lost sight of that party somewhere in the area that I mentioned before.
01:28
Received in the area of Charlie's Kitchen, lost eyes on the SP.

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Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
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