POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS

District 4: 650 Harrison Avenue, 617-343-4457

District A-1: 40 New Sudbury Street, 617-343-4627

It Wasn’t the Caffeine

Nothing like starting the morning with some excitement. At 6:11am on October 13, District D-4 police responded to Starbuck’s at 443 Boylston Street about a man stealing a cash register. We can see pilfering some sugar, but a cash register?

Employees stated that a coffee lover wearing gray pajamas, a dark jacket and a black face mask jumped over the counter and grabbed the register. He made threats about having AIDS and an open wound and would infect them if not given cash.

The suspect fled into the back alley. The register was found but not the money.

Our rattled employees told the officers that Mr. Caffeine came in a lot and that prior to COVID he had overdosed in the bathroom.

A Shaken Patron

During the morning of October 13, someone removed $1,000 from a purse inadvertently left hanging on the women’s customer bathroom door at Shake Shack at 234 Newbury Street. The purse and its nonmonetary contents were found and returned.

If someone finds the cash on the street or wherever, you can return it to the restaurant.

Where’s (& What’s) the Beef?

At 8pm on October13, police officers responded to a call about an unruly patron at Wendy’s at 551 Boylston Street. Seems our food critic was threatening the store manager and his employees, but had left the store before the officers arrived.

While searching the area, our men in blue were called back because our hamburg lover had returned. They observed him demanding to be served and being very aggressive. When asked to leave, he refused and started yelling.

Trying to deescalate the situation, the officers asked our patron what he wanted to eat but the customer started knocking down items at the counter resulting in his arrest.

We are sure he found out that Wendy’s cuisine is much tastier than jail food.

Only the Best!

Saks Fifth Avenue on Ring Road has high end merchandise and discerning shoplifters.

On October 16, police responded to a larceny report about the theft of some Lois Vuitton handbags and an LV necklace with a total value of $9,210. One suspect distracted salespeople while ¬his two companions put items in a Zara bag. Zara? How tacky!

Surprise. The trio left the store without paying.

There But for Fortune

In the afternoon of October 16, officers responded to a man in a fetal position wearing no pants at 780 Boylston Street. As EMS was placing the victim onto a stretcher, he became very agitated and struggled while having his hands and feet restrained. The poor guy was using heroin and something called K2. He was taken to Tufts Medical Center for treatment.

A Frequent Shoplifter

Also on October 16, a female shoplifter stole about $100 worth of beauty and skincare items from Walgreen’s at 841 Boylston Street. She was very well known to store management having taken about $10,000 over time. Is the felon-to-be addicted to the store or enrolled in some sort of “frequent klepto” rewards program?

A Covid Cocktail?

Want a double martini with a splash of COVID? Seems like you could have both at Abe & Louies on Boylston during the evening of October 17.

A couple of detectives assigned to the License Premise Unit were performing checks of bars and restaurants to keep the public safe during the pandemic when they noticed multiple patrons seated at the bar without a partition separating the bar staff from the patrons nor any partition separating the patrons from each other. Perhaps the restaurant’s management got confused and thought they were at a presidential campaign rally.

The establishment was issued a violation notice.