The number of armed robberies in Cambridge has declined in recent years. In the first nine months of 1999, such crimes fell 22 percent. In January of 2000, only 15 robberies were reported.
The last of what police call a "pack" robbery in Cambridge was Feb. 2, when seven males robbed a 20 year-old of his jacket and sneakers at the intersection of Harvard and Norfolk Streets.
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In that robbery, the males escaped in a NissanMaxima.