Good Samaritan honored for role in catching Hyde Park armed-robbery suspect

When Juan Santiago saw what appeared to be one teen sticking up another at West Street and Hyde Park Avenue, he didn't just drive away.

Tom Menino and Police Commissioner Ed Davis today honored Santiago for coming to the aid of the victim on the afternoon of March 7. They say he was stopped at a red light - with his wife and young child in the car - when he saw the robbery going down at the MBTA bus stop there:

Mr. Santiago was about to exit his vehicle when he observed the suspect lift his coat and display what appeared to be a firearm. The suspect then took something from the victim and fled up Hyde Park Avenue towards Metropolitan Avenue.

Santiago then motioned the victim into his car, tried to calm him down and dialed police - who were able to arrest the the suspect soon after on the other side of Metropolitan.