Zeus
06-29-2007, 12:43 PM
A Dorchester man was arrested after stealing an Xbox 360 from a 13 year old kid and later on threatened the boy with a rock as he plead with the robber to return his Xbox 360. After listening to the teen, the thief responded by picking up a rock and ordered him to strongly back off. However, the Police has now confirmed that the system is safely back with the youth.
Richard Maldonado, 41, was charged with armed robbery after threatening the boy with a large rock, and the game was returned to the boy, Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins told the Forum.
The boy was playing the game on the afternoon of June 28 while watching the Laundromat in North Braintree Square for his mother.
“Maldonado was in the Laundromat with his girlfriend and her daughter, who both live in the North Braintree Square area,” Jenkins said.
“When he returned, he saw Maldonado exiting the Laundromat with a blue laundry bag that had wires hanging out of it,”Jenkins said. “The boy then noticed that his Xbox 360 was missing, chased Maldonado across Washington Street, and confronted him in the Braintree Cooperative Bank parking lot. The boy pleaded with Maldonado to give him back his game and told him that it was a gift from his mother after his father died. The boy later explained to officers that the game was a gift from his mother on his first Christmas after his father passed away. It was meant to make him feel better even though she could not afford such an expensive gift.”
According to Jenkins, Maldonado’s response to the boy’s plea was to pick up a rock and order him several times to “back off.”
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Richard Maldonado, 41, was charged with armed robbery after threatening the boy with a large rock, and the game was returned to the boy, Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins told the Forum.
The boy was playing the game on the afternoon of June 28 while watching the Laundromat in North Braintree Square for his mother.
“Maldonado was in the Laundromat with his girlfriend and her daughter, who both live in the North Braintree Square area,” Jenkins said.
“When he returned, he saw Maldonado exiting the Laundromat with a blue laundry bag that had wires hanging out of it,”Jenkins said. “The boy then noticed that his Xbox 360 was missing, chased Maldonado across Washington Street, and confronted him in the Braintree Cooperative Bank parking lot. The boy pleaded with Maldonado to give him back his game and told him that it was a gift from his mother after his father died. The boy later explained to officers that the game was a gift from his mother on his first Christmas after his father passed away. It was meant to make him feel better even though she could not afford such an expensive gift.”
According to Jenkins, Maldonado’s response to the boy’s plea was to pick up a rock and order him several times to “back off.”
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