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Posted By: Adam J. Baxter

My Mother's family is descended from one of Lowell's oldest families (Barnes) and up until recently there had always been a member of the family (Barnes or Guthrie) living in Lowell, so I feel the need to chime in on this one.

Some places of Lowell have really changed for the better the past few years and some haven't. If this happened in one of the seedier sections of Lowell, then the victim's lucky he escaped without having a kidney taken. That being said, it's always a bad idea meeting someone in person to exchange money/goods if you aren't a little streetwise. When I buy a new tv I don't go to Lawrence or Roxbury with a fistful of cash and buy one from a guy on the street corner, I go to my local Best Buy. This is a good example of a situation were common sense should have been applied. The victim in this case is VERY lucky.