Saturday, May 19, 2012
Police news on Beacon Hill, May 14-17.
Good timing and coordination led to the quick arrest of two boys police say were working together to steal a phone on the Boston Common Wednesday. According to police reports, two juveniles were rode their bicycles close to a man and snatched his cell phone as he was talking on it while sitting on a bench in the park at 12:45 p.m. An officer on duty spotted the boys riding their bikes up Mount Vernon Street and alerted Beacon Hill's community officer, who turned on his blue lights and sirens and headed to the Beacon and Walnut, where the boys were. Meanwhile, a third officer spotted the suspects and positioned his cruiser to block them. One of the boys turned around and attempted to flee but the Beacon Hill officer ran after him and …
Friday, May 18, 2012
In order to test sensors that detect biological agents that terror groups could release into subway systems, Homeland Security and the T plan to release dead bacteria at three Red Line stops during off-hours.
The MBTA and Homeland Security plan to release dead bacteria into three Red Line stations this summer to test bio-terror sensors. The agencies held a public meeting about the plan Wednesday. The bacteria, bacillus subtilis, is not infectious even in its live form, according to government documents. The bacteria is used in farming, as a food supplement for humans and livestock and as an ingredient in organic dog food, according to a government Q&A, attached as a PDF. The tests will be done in Cambridge and Somerville at the Davis, Harvard Square and Porter Stations. According to WCVB, some residents who attended Wednesday's public hearing at the Cambridge YMCA expressed concern about the plan. They also criticized that exact dates for the …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Police added six men to their list of highly-sought after suspects on Friday.
Boston Police updated their "Most Wanted" list Friday. They have added six new persons, all men, to the list. If you have information about any of the persons at the link, they ask that you call 1-800-494-TIPS. Photos of the persons, and descriptions of their alleged crimes, are attached to this post.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Police news from Beacon Hill for May 9-13.
Two men will be summoned to court on lewdness charges after urinating in front of families near City Hall Saturday. Police reports state that an officer saw the two men standing on the sidewalk at Cambridge and Sudbury streets and urinating into the bushes outside of the JFK building in plain view of families attending the Big Apple Circus, around 3 p.m. The officer waited for the men to zip their pants up then asked for identification. Wednesday, May 9 Thursday, May 10 Friday, May 11 Saturday, May 12 Sunday, May 13
Monday, April 30, 2012
The group kept the man from leaving until police arrived.
A man who walked into a woman's Beacon Street house and left with her handbag Friday was stopped and surrounded by neighbors until police arrived. According to police reports, around 10:25 a.m. a woman who was assisting with a move at 74 Beacon St. noticed that a man she didn't know was walking out of the building carrying a woman's handbag. She asked her companions if they knew him and they all went outside to confront him, according to reports. Outside they saw him going through the handbag. One of them grabbed the bag from him and another identified it as her property that was left unattended inside the home. While the group had the man surrounded, one noticed a woman's wallet protruding from his coat pocket. She reached in and grabbed…
Friday, April 27, 2012
Police news from Beacon Hill from April 23 to 26.
Around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday police responded to 136 Mt. Vernon St. for a gas lamp on fire. According to police reports, a truck may have hit the lamp, causing it to release gas and become engulfed in flames. The fire department responded to extinguish the flames and National Grid turned off the gas supply. Monday, April 23 Tuesday, April 24 Wednesday, April 25 Thursday, April 26
Riders responded to a woman's call "They stole my phone!" and held down a suspect until police could arrest the man.
Many of us have noticed the MBTA's service announcement regarding cell phone theft in Boston, and an incident last weekend is exactly the type of scenario the announcement warns of. Except this time the would-be thief didn't get away. MBTA passengers rallied to a woman's call of "They stole my phone!" and wrestled a suspect to the floor at Stony Brook T. The incident took place on Friday at 12:24 a.m. Just as an Orange Line train opened its doors, someone grabbed a cell phone from a passenger and fled with two other men. All three had been sitting near the victim: One to her left and two across from her. The woman's cry for help didn't go unheeded, according to a Transit Police report. A witness, who had reached the top of the escalator, …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Police news from Beacon Hill for April 20-22.
Police are looking for a man who attempted to shove three steaks down his pants and run out of Whole Foods Saturday night. According to police reports, a security officer at Whole Foods on Cambridge Street noticed a man around 10 p.m. "who has been frequenting the store 3 to 4 times a week & shoplifting." He saw the man grab a $69 tenderloin steak and two $36 rib-eyes and put them in his pants. The security guard approached the man as he was leaving the store and retrieved the tenderloin but the man grabbed the guard by the throat, pushed him aside and ran before he could get the other two steaks. The officer followed him outside and saw him removing his outer clothes as he walked toward Staniford Street. Police have a description of the …
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Police news from Beacon Hill, April 16 to 19.
Police and Drug Enforcement Agency officers arrested a man they say had half a kilo of cocaine on Cambridge Street Thursday. According to police reports, an ongoing drug investigation led them to a man sitting outside of Grampy's gas station, at 296 Cambridge St. The officers read the man his Miranda Rights in his native language and asked him what was in his bag. He told them he had a delivery for someone; when officers questioned him further he told them it was cocaine, according to police reports. Officers asked to look in the bag and saw what was determined to be 500 grams of cocaine. Officers also found a Social Security card on the man that did not belong to him. He told officers he was in the country illegally, they said. He was …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The organization said it will be probing the events on Boston Common this weekend.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is investigating the conduct of Boston police following the release of controversial photographs depicting an officer with his hand on the neck of a protester at a Tea Party rally on the Boston Common over the weekend. The photos, shot by 22-year-old UMass Boston student Paul Weiskel, also show police attempting to stop photographers from taking pictures of them, even though the First Amendment grants citizens the right to do so. A video clip of the incident can be viewed here. "The ACLU of Massachusetts takes seriously the First Amendment freedoms of everyone in the Commonwealth, so it is carefully reviewing the police department's conduct during the Tea Party rally at the Boston Common …
john
9:09 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
look up "operation sea-spray". In the 50's, serratia was released in a test because it was thought to be harmless. It wasn't. more ›