WORCESTER— The Brooks Street area has been watched closely for the past month since a group of people representing themselves as a gang began causing problems in the vicinity, police said.
One result of the increased police presence was the arrest of a group of people early Friday morning and the recovery of several knives and a chain. The chain had a lock attached to an end link.
Police Detective Captain Edward J. McGinn Jr., head of the detective bureau, believes police stopped a fight that was about to occur between the so-called gang and another group.
“They appeared to be ready to fight another group,” Capt. McGinn said, noting some of them were armed with weapons. “I’m convinced we stopped a serious assault or worse.”
The neighborhood, he said, “was a quiet area until this.”
One result of the increased police presence was the arrest of a group of people early Friday morning and the recovery of several knives and a chain. The chain had a lock attached to an end link.
Police Detective Captain Edward J. McGinn Jr., head of the detective bureau, believes police stopped a fight that was about to occur between the so-called gang and another group.
“They appeared to be ready to fight another group,” Capt. McGinn said, noting some of them were armed with weapons. “I’m convinced we stopped a serious assault or worse.”
The neighborhood, he said, “was a quiet area until this.”
2 comments:
So glad that you've got some idea of what's going on - and more glad that your police force is taking pro-active action rather than waiting for trouble to erupt!
WOW! That's scary.
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