{"id":2655,"date":"2026-06-11T23:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/boston-lemonade-stand-robbed-at-gunpoint-police-say\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:31:35","slug":"boston-lemonade-stand-robbed-at-gunpoint-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/boston-lemonade-stand-robbed-at-gunpoint-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston lemonade stand robbed at gunpoint, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Boston Police are investigating the robbery of a children\u2019s lemonade stand in Southie \u2014 at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/chicago-police-investigating-burning-cross-in-grant-park\/\">Chicago police investigating burning cross in Grant Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is little I can think of more disturbing than the innocence of a children\u2019s lemonade stand being violated by an armed robbery,\u201d Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn, who represents portions of South Boston, said after learning of the crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen something as serious as this happens, we cannot downplay or ignore it. As a City, we have to finally acknowledge we have serious public safety issues in Boston. We desperately need more police officers and to redouble our community policing efforts,\u201d Flynn continued.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at 157 W. 9th St. in South Boston at around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to the police report. There, they met up with the child victims who were now with their father.<\/p>\n<div><video>https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/West-9th-Lemonade-Stand-Robbery-Suspect-Video-1.mp4<\/video><\/div>\n<p>The children said that two boys had \u201cmade several passes by the Lemonade Stand before they approached and asked whether or not they would accept Apple Pay,\u201d according to the report. Before the young lemonade entrepreneurs could respond, however, the child robbers grabbed the stand\u2019s cashbox, which contained about $50 in cash, and one of the suspects flashed a black handgun before the pair ran off.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/ahead-of-expected-transit-fare-hikes-mts-agrees-to-freeze-fares-for-many-low-income-riders\/\">Ahead of expected transit fare hikes, MTS agrees to freeze fares for many low-income riders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The children described the suspects, according to the report. One \u201cwas described as a dark-skinned black male about 14-years-old wearing a black Nike sheisty, black shirt, unknown color shorts and high white socks, this suspect displayed a black firearm in his waistband.\u201d The second suspect \u201cwas described as a light-skinned black male about 11 years-old with a black sheisty and unknown clothing description.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A \u201csheisty\u201d is apparently a term for a balaclava, or full-face covering, according to images of the clothing on Nike\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The children told police that the suspects had run off toward W. 9th Street before reaching Dorchester Street. The local police intelligence agency, the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, says its cameras did not face toward the incident.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police ask that anyone with any information regarding these suspects contact detectives at 617-343-4742 or submit information anonymously through the CrimeStoppers Tip Line by calling 1-800-494-TIPS (8477) or texting the word \u201cTIP\u201d to CRIME (27463).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/newsom-commits-46m-to-tijuana-river-sewage-and-pollution-cleanup\/\">Newsom commits $46M to Tijuana River sewage and pollution cleanup<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Police are investigating two pint-sized hoodlums suspected of putting the squeeze on a children\u2019s lemonade stand in Southie \u2014 at gunpoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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