A man was taken into custody Thursday morning after Cambridge police say he walked into the women's locker room at a Porter Square gym and sexually assaulted people inside. Officers arrested him around 9:22 a.m., and the incident remains under investigation as police work to determine exactly what happened.
Cambridge police responded to reports of sexual assault at the gym Thursday morning, according to WHDH. The station reports that officers received a report of a man entering the women's locker room at a local gym and sexually assaulting individuals inside. The man's name has not yet been released.
One victim was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, per the same report. The station notes the incident is still under investigation, and no further details about the circumstances of the arrest have been made public.
No Details Yet on Charges or Identity
As of now, authorities have not released the suspect's name, and information about potential charges, an arraignment, or how many people were affected has not been disclosed. Cambridge police have not said whether the man remains in custody beyond the initial arrest.
The Thursday morning arrest comes four years after a separate reported sexual assault in the same Porter Square area. In April 2022, a 47-year-old Somerville woman told officers she had been sexually assaulted in Porter Square, according to Patch. That woman said the assault happened around 8:40 a.m. near the Exchange Shopping Center at 1815 Massachusetts Ave., close to Roseland Street.
Details From the 2022 Case
In that earlier case, Patch reported that police released video of a man seen running from the area around the same time as the incident. The outlet also reported that the victim tried to confront the person responsible, but they ran away before she could provide a description to investigators.
There is no evidence connecting Thursday's arrest to that 2022 report, and police have not indicated the two incidents are related. A low-confidence snippet from the Cambridge Police Department's 2022 annual crime report shows that the total number of reported rapes in the city rose from 36 in 2021 to 43 in 2022, though that figure does not establish any broader trend tied to the current case.
Cambridge police have not released additional information about the gym, the suspect, or the victims involved in Thursday's incident. Hoodline will update this story as more details become available.
