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Article: Weymouth man, 88, robbed in his driveway ; Suspect, 43, choked victim, police say
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- June 30, 2009
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WEYMOUTH - The robber reached through a partially car open window
and started choking the 88-year-old man who had just parked in his
own driveway.
"Swear to God, I'll kill you," the robber said. "Give me your
wallet."
The man had pulled into the driveway at his home in a North
Weymouth neighborhood just before 7 p.m. Friday when a white car
pulled in behind him, Weymouth police Detective Sgt. Rick Fuller
said.
A man got out of the second car, reached in the driver-side
window and grabbed the older man by the throat.
After getting the wallet, which had cash and credit cards in it,
the man drove away.
Later that evening, one of the credit cards was used to buy
alcohol at RK Mart on Broad ...