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UPDATE: Two Arrested in Assault/Purse-Snatching Incident at Price Chopper

The Marlborough Police Department made an arrest near Price Chopper Sunday after an older woman was assaulted in public for her purse.

 

UPDATE, Dec. 8, 4 p.m.: Eyewitnesses to this crime have reported that the theft of the purse occurred inside Marshall's department store, then after a confrontation the suspect fled to the Price Chopper. Here the victim was aided by at least two Price Chopper employees until police officers arrived. These details were unclear in the police report. 

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Marlborough Police officers responded to Price Chopper early Sunday evening after a woman was reportedly robbed of her purse. 

"The victim was shopping and a female walked up to the cart and grabbed her pocket book," said Det. Scott DeCiero. 

The victim, a 62-year-old female, followed her assailant out of the store and confronted Melissa A. Martin, 29, of 5 Gay St., Apt. 1, and asked her to return the purse. Police records indicate that Martin then assaulted the victim by punching her in the forehead and pushing her to the ground.

Martin was reportedly assisted in alleged crime by Patrick M. Ryan, 40, of 12 Coburn, Framingham.

Martin then fled the Price Chopper property in the direction of Hosmer Street and was pursued by the victim as well as several Price Chopper employees.  Police officers located Martin a short distance from the plaza and placed her under arrest.

She was found in possession of a knife in her pocket. 

Martin was charged with larceny from a person, impeding an investigation through witness intimidation, carrying a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a person older than 60 with an injury and on an outstanding warrant. The warrant was issued out of Marlborough District Court and was for evading bus fare. 

Ryan was taken into police custody after he subsequently called Martin's cell phone and later showed up at police headquarters at which time he was questioned. He was charged with larceny from a person, impeding an investigation through witness intimidation and assault and battery on a person older than 60 with an injury.

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Related Topics: Assault, Marlborough Police, Melissa Martin, Robbery, and price chopper

gearman

7:45 pm on Wednesday, December 7, 2011

I know this girl. She has a drug problem.

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Sarah

3:02 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011

Adam ud have no say ud are not only a drug dealer but a rat as well drug problem is not oit I'm clean whichis more than you can say howsa those oxys treating you. Listen ud don't know thee story ouyts just what ud read

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happyness

3:17 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011

I know this girl too I know she had beem abused and hurt she is a gd friend and has beem doing very well don't talk about people w drug problemd when u have one urself

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Sarah

11:45 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011

Wow really why don't you and your buddy there lay off the oxys and both go to rehab, the both of ythatsoi rob people at gun point and sell oxys to young kids, didn't yoi ever think that yhe reporter was wrong about this lady and how she got got for real but you go deal your drugs to kids and have them them odd cause thats any better jbase thatsa a gd nick name what does that mean? How wrll do you know melissa and how does anyone know her I only can think of a few ways and its not any way to have a say about her bloody cs play the victim so are you saying women who aete being abused are just trying to play victim womenizer are you..please share on how we know her ?? How did you meet her ? Haha because from what she told me and about yoi people that are writing this about her you guys have done alot worse alot

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jbasc

9:48 am on Friday, December 9, 2011

Sarah/Melissa/PillPopper: I am not on enough oxy to understand that meth addled sentence you just pieced together. Clearly your on your period so you are familiar with them, try using one. For all you know I met her from behind a few times then threw her an Abraham and banged out. Then again how could you really keep track of these things.

MarlboroughChick: I am not in a glass house. Your faults are not even remotely comparable to mine. When in Rome was an example of using a colloquialism incorrectly as you yourself did when you compared your drugged up welfare existence to my own. Its a pop culture reference, my apologies. I am sure you can't afford the moving pictures.

Let me link that big word for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloquialism

Don't want to set you up for failure based on your education level. You can thank me later.

Kind and compassionate people don't punch old ladies even if their "put up to it". The only karma going on here is the syphilis you two pill farmers will eventually, mercifully, waft off this mortal coil with.

You can't win this pissing contest squatting.

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Sarah

10:03 am on Friday, December 9, 2011

Your a joke jbase, punched an old lady did u read the police report? Didn't think so

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Nicole

11:22 am on Friday, December 9, 2011

@ least people like Adam have served for their mistakes and are trying to do the right thing. It was wrong and disgusting for her to rob an old lady but thats what the disease does to people. Its more sad that everyone is slamming Adam and putting all his business up here for the world to see. Everyone has their own opinion....

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Pablo

1:49 pm on Friday, December 9, 2011

I mean no disrespect to anyone in this article or any of the comment makers.. What about the well being of this child? where was the child during all of this? if this is stuff that occurs to addicts, maybe they should concentrate on themselves getting better first which im all for .. but the child doesnt appear to me to be the first priority of anyone involved.. The "adults" in this article appear to barely be able to take care of themselves, my only concern would be for the child above all else..

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JaneB

12:57 pm on Saturday, December 10, 2011

wow i cant believe this message board has been turned in to a slander board. I agree with Pablo, you are all so content on debating who is the most stupid but in conclusion all we learned was none of you have grown enough in life and we all need to look at the bigger picture and be grateful that her child has one parent who cares more about the well being than witch wrap sheet is worse. But no matter what i say i'm happy to know that the courts can decide her fate and deal with her consequences. Even more grateful that no matter what that boy has a father who knows better.

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Scorpion

8:43 am on Monday, December 12, 2011

I love seeing all the Marlboro ghetto people sending support for some some drug addict piece of trash. Your all typing from the laptop you either stole or paid for with your kids WIC check. Stop making excuses for a drug addict who assaulted and robbed an old lady. And to the NON ghetto trash people, dont worry anout the kids... You'll be reading about them in 10 years for committing crimes and assaulting old ladys.

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Lori

9:15 pm on Monday, December 12, 2011

Caught words of this horrible reality tonight, my bad don’t read the paper. I am seasoned on drug problems, addictions for more years than I care to say a young family member that I enabled for years, add 2 more in my family 1 deceased, and 1 HIV+over 20 yrs alive. I know the scams, pulls on your heart strings & what they will do/done in past enabling addictions. I am past completely mortified! The man involved met/know his family for years I don't know her. Many have knowledge of him/her other dark sides. What transpired IS UNEXCUSABLE can't help expressing my sadness and opinion a 62 year old woman (I don't know) was violated and abused because of drugs? It is not all drugs somewhere in the shells of their bodies there are 2 people. F' it be on drugs with empty shells but don't make other people suffer violently. How they found in their hearts to inflict pain, trauma and suffering on another human being a senior at 65 is just disgusting easy prey that is wack. Correct me if I am wrong the old skool Junkies in this city oddly as it may sound had type of morals or rather code or maybe just that era lots of scamming. Has this current scenario of heartless addicts beating old women occurred here before? WTF... Why not take the purse and leave it at that? Got what you wanted and couldn't stop at that. God bless the victim as for the other what is next? What is life? What are you going to do?

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Scorpion

8:41 am on Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Honestly, Marlborough chick is pretty damn cool. I will take you out of my comments. You're positive attitude is a good thing.

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jbasc

10:40 am on Tuesday, December 13, 2011

MarlboroughChick, clearly you do care about my comments because your working this thread like its your street corner. Just because you think your over being some looser addict doesn't excuse other addicts for jacking up old ladies. Your positive attitude is far from a good thing. You're literally siding with someone who assaults old ladies over a father who, now sit down for this one, isn't a multi-felony criminal. The fact that his father picks him up and takes care of him ALL while managing not to abuse drugs and punch defenseless seniors makes him 400 rungs better than this trash your defending.

Super she has a lovely personality. Though all I am going by is some idiot who clearly spends too much money on personal computing devices while doing absolutely no work during the day except posting to some townie ragblog in defense of her bestie. The only thing that keeps me coming back is the stream of unconsciousness that is your feel good up beat BS is infinitely troll-able.

Thank god you recovered from your drug abuse to be a completely useless retard, I'd like my tax dollars back. Here's hoping both you and that rancid slam-pig die of sniffilis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woySeSNBL3o

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Me

3:45 pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Read the last line of this acticle:
On Monday, Dec. 5 Melissa A. Martin, 29, of 5 Gay St., Apt. 1, appeared in Marlborough District Court to face charges that she had stolen a purse from a 62-year-old woman then assaulted her. See the full story here. Martin was released on $200 cash bail and was ordered to return to court Wednesday, Dec. 21 for a pre-trial hearing. Due to the suspect's violent history, a protective order was issued for the case, said court records.

"suspect's violent history" - Yes MarlboroughChick, she's a beautiful person. (HAHA) Had this been my Mother she assaulted, she wouldn't b so beautiful but she would be looking for her teeth!!

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Paul Bishop

7:34 am on Wednesday, December 14, 2011

If you take some older woman's purse then beat her up in a parking lot, you are scum, and there's no two ways about it. Don't defend the action, don't defend the cowardly human trash that did it. MarlbroughChick, I am positive that you would feel differently if this poor woman she attacked was connected to you...

MarlboroughChick- if she's happy to attack strangers in public, just how long do you think it's going to be until she steals everything you own? Are you still going to be calling her awesome when she hurts YOU?

Understand how selfish your thought line is. There's an innocent woman attacked by a violent criminal- and you want us to feel bad for the criminal. good luck with that.

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Paul Bishop

11:36 am on Wednesday, December 14, 2011

I understand completely, quite obviously better than yourself. Let me tell you this- if having a rough life justified attacking defenseless people, I would be justified to do just about anything I wanted to anyone I wanted... What I hear from you is nothing more than classic "enabling", making excuses for the addict so they do not have to face the realities of their addiction and the damage they are doing to others.

Melissa attacked a defenseless woman, stole her purse, and beat her up in a parking lot- totally unprovoked. You need to come to terms with the simple FACT that her conduct makes her scum. She can change her conduct and thereby not be scum anymore.. but if you cannot understand that while she is acting in this manner, she is nothing more than human garbage.. there's no hope for her, or you for that matter.

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MarlboroughMom

12:18 pm on Wednesday, December 14, 2011

I think Paul does understand - Sorry MarlbroughChick - I don't buy it. ...It's one thing to steal the purse, but punching the woman in the face is way over the line for me. (never mind it was a senior) Whether she did it because she was on drugs, abused, or whatever excuse, the decisions were hers to make and hers alone.

So glad that Melissa is "moving on" after committing such a crime. I wonder if her victim "looks great" and can so easily "move on" after being attacked like that....you talk about Melissa being abused, how do you think her victim now feels? So much for a shopping trip to the local Marshalls...
Knowing there are folks like Melissa in Marlborough committing these types of crimes on the vunerable and then having people defend them is quite sickening and makes me wonder if I should let my senior mom out to the store by herself any longer.
Seriously - how would you feel if it was your mom or grandmom who was attacked by her?
And before you ask - yes I have been affected by addicts with family and friends - but being an addict and abused doesn't make what she did acceptable and so easily forgiven and no I don't have to meet Melissa to feel differently. Until she proves herself to not be a menace to society or herself then she deserves the same amount of respect she gave to that woman she attacked. This obviously wasn't her first run in with the law....

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Josh Gray

2:03 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Folks, please leave the name calling and the accusations out of the discourse here. Thanks.

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MarlboroughChick

2:26 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Thank you Josh. I have deleted all of my comments because I feel this board has turned into an unnecessary pissing contest .

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Mad1978

5:57 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012

Do any of u ppl know the male involved in this,? Hes a scumbag who was more involved than u think!

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