CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - Cambridge police are turning to the public for help identifying a man accused of hitting and yelling at a woman and grabbing her stroller in the area of Harvard and Prospect streets Tuesday morning.
Investigators released a photo of the man they’re hoping to identify in connection with the incident.
“This man got in her face and started pushing a cellphone in her face,” said Jeremy Warnick, of the Cambridge Police Department. “He ultimately hit her in the face with the cellphone. Follow that up with an altercation in which she was trying to create some space. He grabbed on to her stroller. She pulled the stroller away from him and he fled.”
The woman and her 1-year-old child were not hurt.
The suspect is described as being barefoot and in his late 20s.
The photo shows him wearing a red hat, blue shirt, khaki shorts, and a brown backpack.
Anyone with information is asked to call 617-349-3300.
SEEKING ASSISTANCE: #CambMA PD are looking to ID and/or locate this man after they were witnessed yelling at and hitting a woman and grabbing her stroller this AM in the area of Harvard near Prospect St. Suspect was believed to be barefoot & in late 20s. Call 617-349-3300 w/info. pic.twitter.com/c8YNewTZ9i
— Cambridge Police Department (@CambridgePolice) July 9, 2019
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