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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Jacob D Robida
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Age Now: 21 |
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Height: 5'6" |
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Weight: 200 lbs. |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Brown |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Hazel |
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Wanted for :
Attempted Murder--3 Counts, New Bedford, MA;
Feb 02, 2006
Hate Crimes , New Bedford, MA;
Feb 02, 2006
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : New Bedford, MA |
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Possible Location : Unkown |
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Last Known : New Bedford, MA |
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Traits |
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Police say Robida is extremely violent, should be considered armed and dangerous, and could be suicidal. |
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Is interested in white supremecist groups |
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Considers himself an atheist |
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Case Story |
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Patrons Stop Rampage At Puzzles |
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For many people in New Bedford, Mass., it was another night of fun at the bars. But according to police, Jacob D. Robida had very different plans. They say the 18-year-old man, dressed all in black, walked into Puzzles, a bar popular with the local gay community and ordered a drink. Then police say the man asked the bartender if the place was a "gay bar," to which he answered yes.
Police say right after midnight Robida ordered another drink and that's when his violent tendencies got the best of him. According to police, the teenager walked towards the pool table and started swinging a hatchet. One man tried to stop him, but suffered deep cuts in the head. Other bar costumers tried to prevent Robida from hurting other people and tackled him to the floor, but that's when he reached for a second weapon: a gun.
Police say he then shot two men, one in the face and the other one in the chest, and left the bar. When officers arrived on the scene they found a third weapon -- a machete, which they say Robida left at the bar. |
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BOLO For Grand Am |
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While the investigation continues, police have provided a couple clues that may help capture this suspect: he was last seen driving a 1999 Green Pontiac Grand-Am with Massachusetts license plates 85E-C58; he may have suffered some injuries during the confrontation, that may need medical care.
The New Bedford Police Department has charged Robida with three counts of attempted murder and hate crimes. Police say the teenager is armed and dangerous. |
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Searching For A Motive |
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While the city of New Bedford, Mass., is still trying to recover from the shock of such a horrible crime, investigators are trying to find out why a teenager would launch a bloody attack against innocent people in a local gay bar.
Court documents state that police went to Robida's house after the incident and that they talked to the fugitive's mother. She told them that Robida came home around 1:00am and that he was bleeding from the head. He only stayed at home a short time. Authorities then went to Robida's room looking for tips that might lead them to a motive. According to police Robida had "Nazi regalia" and anti-Semitic writings all over his bedroom walls.
But now investigators have access to what may help take a deeper look at Robida's personality -- a web page which police believe was created by the teen to expose his dark personality. The web site's author claims to be an 18-year-old male from New Bedford, Mass, whose general interests are "death, destruction, chaos, filth and greed." And among the people that the author, under the name Jake Jekyll, would like to meet are "serial killers and murderers." One of them show a white man pointing a gun with a swastika cross in the background. Jake Jekyll's web site also mentions a hatchet as his murder weapon.
And, Robida was no stranger to the local police. In 2001 Robida graduated from a "boot camp" program at the New Bedford's Junior Police Academy. Police say the program disciplines kids, who in most cases have been in trouble with the law. |
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