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Phone Dragnet Redefines 'APB'

Posted Jul 18, 08 3:50 PM CDT in US,  Technology,  Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – Foiled in their attempts to track down a hit-and-run driver by conventional means, cops in a Boston suburb are enlisting the help of thousands of city residents—by phone. A BMW struck a 9-year-old girl Saturday, leaving her with a fractured skull and investigators with little info. They sent a recorded message to more than 24,000 households and now have dozens of leads, WBZ-TV reports.

"The number of manpower hours it would take us to contact 26,000 homes, it's just unbelievable," a Somerville., Mass., police captain told the Boston Globe.

Sources WBZ 4, Boston Globe

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Thousands of residents of Somerville, Mass., got a phone message from the police this week.   ((c) ThrasherDave)
Police in Somerville, Mass., need the public's help.   ((c) iwfx)
Police in Somerville, Mass., auto-dialed more than 24,000 households in hopes of tracking down a hit-and-run driver.   ((c) alexkerhead)
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