Man reports threats and being chased near Uptown Common

Heard on: Athol Police Department

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Could you head up to the Uptown Common area near the Pizza Place? I have a male party states he was being threatened by gang-related people.

00:08

This male party states he does have a knife on him.

00:11

He is sitting on the ground waiting to speak to an officer.

00:14

Will not give me his name or description.

00:19

Copy.

00:24

Dispatch 198.

00:28

Go ahead.

00:31

Party is across from Castine Movers.

00:34

He states he has a knife at his feet.

00:36

I told him to keep his hands where you could see them.

00:43

Copy.

00:50

Dispatch, are the other parties around there? They sent left.

00:56

He states he was chased by at least three people and that they are not there, but he is afraid they're going to come out of the woods.

9/6/2026 09:53 PM

Assault Report

Uptown Common, Athol, MA 01331

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were sent to the Uptown Common area near a pizza place for a man who reported being threatened by gang-related people. He said he had been chased by at least three people who had left but might return from the nearby woods. The man was sitting on the ground waiting for police and said he had a knife at his feet, while keeping his hands visible.