The H.A.A. was not in danger of being robbed last Friday, Cambridge police announced last night, but was simply being "cased."
George T. Cobb, 18, of Wayland, who was arrested outside the H.A.A. office Friday for the illegal possession of firearms, has been placed on probation until February 27.
Cobb's companion, whose name was withheld because of his age, was carrying a toy pistol. He was immediately released to his parents. Police thought that the pair's unusual behavior in the H.A.A. ticket office pointed to an attempt to size up the layout of the place before a holdup, rather than an actual crime.
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