POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS

District 4: 650 Harrison Avenue, 617-343-4457 District A-1: 40 New Sudbury Street, 617-343-4627

Who Needs Roosters?

Roosters wake people in the country. In the city, we use car alarms.

Starting at 12:43am on Sunday, February 8, police responded to a car alarm at 533 Newbury Street. At 3:09am, they returned. Same car, same noise. An officer went to the owner’s address and rang the doorbell nine times. The owner must be a heavy sleeper.

Police were able to gain access into the building and had to walk up multiple flights due to a broken elevator. They knocked on the owner’s apartment door several times but there was no answer.

Then a miracle happened. As a tow truck was en route, the owner appeared and shut off her faulty alarm.

Was the owner a sound sleeper or, like the rest of us, used to car alarms going off for no apparent reason?

Please Leave

At 3:31pm on February 28, officers responded to the Prudential Center to deal with a trespasser on the second floor. The guy who was wearing a green jacket and backpack saw the cops coming for him and joined a line outside a store. Guess he didn’t quite blend in.

In fact, he became argumentative with the officers telling them to leave him alone. He appeared highly intoxicated and unsteady on his feet.

While being escorted out, he hit one of the officers in the chest. The police tried to gain control of the guy’s arms to handcuff him but he was actively resisting and trying to walk forward. One officer stuck out her left leg tripping him to the floor. After a brief struggle, Mr. Congeniality was cuffed and removed from the Pru.

He was taken to Boston Medical Center for further treatment where he had an epiphany telling hospital staff that he had “too much to drink”. Wonder what he’ll tell the judge when he appears in court?

Spring Is Coming

Warm(er) weather, the return of Daylight Savings and the unofficial start of bike theft season. Yes, spring is almost here.

One bike owner won’t be celebrating.

He locked his blue and grey 2015 All-City Nature Boy Disc bicycle on March 3 at a bike rack outside 2 Copley Pace at about 7am. When he returned at around 12:45, the bike was not there. Regrettably, this won’t be the last such incident we’ll be writing about going forwards.

Buy Me My Beer

On March 3 at about 6:45pm, D4 officers responded to a noise disturbance at 199 Massachusetts Ave. A music lover was harassing passersby and playing his radio at an unreasonable level.

Our concert goer was drinking a Natural Ice “Ice House” Alcoholic Beer. Officers observed an odor consistent with excessive alcohol consumption, slurred speech, flushed eyes and unstable balance.

Our music lover’s demeanor changed when an officer threw his beer in a public waste basket, demanding that the police department pay for his beer. Nice try. Thank God he had a sober moment and realized it was time to leave the scene.

In Need of Color

Every shoplifter knows that if you are 6’5” and your wardrobe consists of a black beanie hat, black jacket, grey sweatpants and black Air Jordan sneakers, you really need a little additional color. Wanting to be GQ material, one guy pilfered two red Nike hooded sweatshirts valued at $52 each and two pairs of grey Champion sweatpants valued at $50 each from Urban Outfitters at about 4:30pm on March 5. He fled on foot on Mass Ave with the loot concealed in his jacket.

Hopefully, he’ll soon be walking the fashion runway at a police lineup in the near future.

The Tenant from Hell

So you’re in a dispute with your landlord.

What do you do?

You get caught on videotape breaking into an electrical control room and start tampering with the circuit breakers that provide electricity to your apartment building at 24 Queensberry Street.

You also try to force open the alarm control panel door in front of your apartment.

And the police who responded in the evening of March 5 thought they were going to have a slow shift dealing only with rational people?

The tenant told the officers that he had been a tenant since November and was involved in a dispute with the management company over illegal entry into his apartment on numerous occasions. He has been taken to Boston Housing Court just because he removed the fire/smoke alarm in his unit and now the owner wants him to pay $3,000 for the damages and evict him. The nerve!!!

The police advised our tenant not to tamper with any alarms or electrical systems in the future. Hope the guy doesn’t need a reference when he seeks a new living space.

Déjà Vu?

Shoplifting yet again at 361 Newbury Street? Yup.

Different day, different guy. This time officers responded at 1:13pm on March 6. The thief had stolen a pair of black Converse All Star sneakers. He was wearing a black winter hat, a black puffy coat and black pants. Unlike your previous dude, this one does not believe in contrasting colors. He walked out of the store with his loot under his arm and headed down Mass Ave in the direction of Commonwealth Avenue.