A third teenager fled, leaving behind a backpack containing marijuana.
LUDLOW – Police arrested a 15- and a 16-year-old and are searching for a third teenager accused of beating a 13-year-old and stealing his wallet and cell phone Friday night.
The 13-year-old victim and his parents reported he had been kicked, beaten and robbed at about 9:30 p.m. on East Street, near where a large group of teenagers were partying in woods off the Ludlow Mills, Sgt. Daniel Valadas said.
At about 10 p.m., police saw three teenage boys who fit the description given by the victim on the Putts Bridge. One ran over the bridge into Springfield, leaving behind a backpack with marijuana packaged in several plastic bags. Police from Wilbraham, Springfield and Massachusetts State police assisted Ludlow in searching for the teenager but never found him.
The names of the two teenagers who were arrested were not released because of their ages. Both were charged with unarmed robbery and one was also charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a shod foot, Valadas said.