By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to Assembly Row last Saturday evening on reports of a man threatening people with a knife.

Upon arrival, the officers were flagged down by one of the victims in front of Starbucks, who stated that the suspect, later identified as Quentin Harris, took off towards the Christmas Tree Parking lot.

The officers followed the victim in their cruiser and began checking the Christmas Tree parking lot. The victim then screamed out that Harris was trying to get into a car stopped at a red light at the intersection of Fellsway and Middlesex Ave.

The officers then reportedly observed the male party entering a car which was stopped at the red light. The officers activated their lights and pulled their cruiser out in front of the vehicle at the red light. The vehicle pulled to the side and stopped.

The officers ordered Harris out of the vehicle and placed handcuffs on him. They asked him if he had a knife on him and he reportedly replied he was not sure if he still had the knife on him. A black switch blade was subsequently in his side pocket.

The victim told police that as he was leaving the CVS store, he began walking towards Southern Kin and saw Harris in front of Southern Kin with two blue duffel bags with the security tags still on them.

The victim told Harris that he needed to return the items to the store, at which time Harris reportedly told him that he was going to slice him up with his knife if he did not get away from him and made threatening gestures.

Harris was subsequently placed under arrest on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and larceny under $1200, and on warrant charges of larceny under $1200, operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license, motor vehicle operator failure to identify self, and possession of a class B drug.