Crime & Safety

Cambridge Peeper Caught On Video, Police Ask For Help IDing

Police said someone was home at the time a man came up onto a porch and looked into someone's bedroom window.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — After a man was caught on video peering into a resident’s ground-level bedroom window this week in Cambridge, police are asking for the public's help finding him.

On Monday night around 11 p.m. on Wendell Street the neighbor's video surveillance of the porch shows a man step up to the porch. He looks around at the neighbor's home and then heads to the corner of the porch and throws a leg over the railing and appears to lean out to look into the apartment window.

Police told Patch they determined, that, yes, someone was home at the time the man came by and looked into the bedroom window.

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A neighbor gave the video to the police. The man police say they're now looking for more information about the man who is described as white, about 6 feet tall, wearing silver basketball shorts, a flat brim baseball cap and a chinstrap beard.

If anyone has any information about this incident, Cambridge Police Department are asking folks call them at 617-349-3300 or leave an anonymous tip at 617-349-3359. Anonymous tips may also be texted to 847411; begin the text with Tip650 and type a message.

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