Boston Police report a guy walking down Marlborough Street around midnight was set upon by three teens who grabbed him, pushed him to the ground, then started stomping him as they tried to wrest away his cellphone. They succeeded, but police say they nabbed Lawrence Brown, 18, of Jamaica Plain, Eddie X. Cartagena, 18, of Dorchester and Jonathan E. Calderon, 18, of Hyde Park not long after at Marlborough and Berkeley and arrested them on charges of assault and battery, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and unarmed robbery.

Police also report a bizarre holdup around the same time at the Sunoco station at 627 Cummins Highway in Mattapan: When they arrived to check out two men inside the locked station, they found two men claiming to be station attendants. After the owner arrived, however, they say they learned that only one of the men actually worked there:

The gas station employee stated that when he closed the gas station, the suspect emerged from the cooler. The suspect then proceeded to grab him and put a firearm to his head. The suspect, according to the victim, wanted the keys to the safe. The suspect then placed him in handcuffs and locked him in the bathroom. When officers arrived on scene, the suspect released from the handcuffs and demanded that he tell officers that they were both employees of the gas station.

Simon Jean-Louis, 22, of Dorchester, was arrested on a boatload of charges; police say they recovered a replica gun, a hammer, rope, two bags, and a pair of handcuffs.

Innocent, etc.