Man solicits door-to-door and yells when refused, Cambridge MA

Suspicious Activity

Reported: 11/19/2025 03:14 PM

Near Brookline St, Cambridge, MA 02139

A person was going door-to-door soliciting near Brookline Street. When a resident refused, the person started yelling and left the area. The person was seen multiple times and described as a male in his twenties or thirties wearing a knit cap, winter jacket, gray trousers, and carrying a green and yellow binder.

Audio|Source: Cambridge Police

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Transcript:

00:00

35R near Brookline Street.

00:03

Disturbance.

00:05

Mail came to the door soliciting.

00:12

Caller refused their solicitation and the party started screaming and yelling at them.

00:18

The male,

00:19

20 to 30 years old.

00:21

Wearing dark pants and jacket, fled up Sydney or Cordiary Street.

00:27

Pardis.

00:29

The RP at near Brookline is that the area that they interacting?

00:35

RP should be right there, near Brookline.

00:38

Where are you?

00:40

4 out of base.

00:42

P, it's for 4.

00:45

Just to know, that sounds like the same subject from earlier, same description.

00:55

I was just making that connection.

00:57

Yeah, sounds like it.

00:58

Caller advised Otis Street a little bit ago.

01:01

I stand there one sec.

01:09

Black male, knit cap, flannel jacket, green binder was on Otis Street claiming to be selling something.

01:16

The caller reported he had been there three times, a recurring issue.

01:25

We have it.

01:27

Followers.

01:34

Caller is just calling back now.

01:38

He does have a ring doorbell, a little bit of a better description for you.

01:46

It's a black male,

01:48

20 to 30 years old.

01:49

He's a knit cap with a band on it.

01:52

White and yellow, possibly the color.

01:54

Winter jacket, backpack, gray trousers with a green yellow binder.

01:59

It has a partial beard.

02:03

Speak up.

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Near Brookline St, Cambridge, MA 02139

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