"To me, it just seemed like a couple of drunkkids looking for a fight," he said.
Because the alleged assault involved kicking aswell as punching, it has been elevated to felonystatus, Fithian said. The local district attorneywill be responsible for filing charges, he added.
Despite the assault, both victims said theystill consider the area to be safe.
"I don't think I should be in fear for mylivelihood or safety," one of the victims said.
But according to Cambridge Police Departmentcrime statistics for 1998, the Riversideneighborhood, where most of the Houses arelocated, saw an increase an overall increase incrime, with street robberies up 25 percent.
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"There have been way too many assaults in thelast two years here," McKetta said