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Acton/Georgetown, Friday, July 13, 2007 3 Boy swarmed in Hamilton DANA BORCEA Special to The IFP A 13-year-old Georgetown boy visited Hamilton's Beach Strip with his family last week expecting some fun in the sun. Instead he got mugged in a swarming. Mitchell Davison was riding his new bicycle up the waterfront trail Saturday (July 7) when the afternoon suddenly turned terrifying. A teen he described as around 16 rode up alongside him and said he was having trouble breathing. He asked Mitchell if he had a cellphone he could use to ask for help. Mitchell slowed down and said he didn't. "I thought he was in trouble," said Mitchell, who soon realized otherwise. The youth laid his bike down and walked out in front of Mitchell. He told him to get off his bike. Instead, Mitchell, who had just received the new 21-speed mountain bike as an early birthday present from his parents, grabbed the handlebars and said no. He held on even as the youth began to shove him and try to shake him off the bike. But Mitchell soon realized he was outnumbered when the boy was joined by four more teens who formed a line in front of Mitchell. And as they cycled away, pulling Mitchell's bicycle, the thief turned around to utter one last threat: "If you tell anyone you're dead." Mitchell's mother Julie said she's grateful her son wasn't physically hurt but said the incident left her family shaken. "We've rehashed it over and over again and don't know what we could have done differently," she said, adding the trail was busy with joggers and inline skaters. "It's not like we sent him down a dark alley." The mugging is the latest in a string of recent Mitchell Davidson looks at his brother Warren's 21-speed Schwinn, identical to his bike that was stolen when he swarmed in Hamilton. Photo by Kaz Novak Heritage Decks Ltd. Heritage Decks specializes in the design and construction of custom cedar decks and built-in spas. 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