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At about 1:08 AM on Sunday, February 16, 2020, officers assigned to District A-1 (Downtown) responded to a radio call for an assault and battery in progress in the area of 125 Tremont Street in Boston. While en route to the aforementioned location, officers received additional information that two females had entered the convenience store at 125 Tremont Street, assaulted an employee and took several items before fleeing.
As officers arrived on the scene, they observed three females punching and kicking a male on the ground. Upon observing officers, the females eventually stopped their assault on the victim. Officers spoke to the suspects who stated that the victim had approached them aggressively, asking for his cell phone. The suspects stated that they did not have his phone causing the females to attack him.
Officers spoke to the victim who stated he had asked one of the females for a cigarette when they suddenly began attacking him. The victim stated that while the suspects punched and kicked him, one of them grabbed his cellphone. Officers asked the suspects if they were in possession of the victim’s phone, two of the suspects denied they had taken the phone, but the third suspect admitted that she had in fact taken the victim’s phone during the assault.
While officers were speaking to the suspects and the victim, they were approached by the convenience store clerks from 125 Tremont Street who stated the suspects had been fighting and harassing passersby in the general vicinity of the convenience store. The clerks stated the females had been loitering in the store for an extended period of time before they were asked to leave. The clerks stated the females returned to the store multiple times, throwing merchandise and assaulting them. The clerks stated the suspects left the store where they attacked another female as well.
Officers arrested Jenna Gonzalez, 21-years-old, of East Boston, Audrina May Hebert, 18-years-old, of Malden, and Brianna Romero, 21-years-old, of Malden. All three suspects are expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on charges including two counts of Assault and Battery by means of a Dangerous Weapon, Unarmed Robbery, and Disorderly Conduct.
Additionally, during the booking process, officers discovered Brianna Romero to be in possession of a small plastic bag containing a substance believed to be cocaine. Romero was subsequently charged with Possession of Class B Substance.
