CITY CRIME LOGS: When Help Hurts

<em>The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Sept. 11 - Sept. 14.</em>

Police arrested a man for bicycle larceny at about 10:34 a.m. Tuesday on 808 Parker St. in Roxbury. The police followed the man when they saw the suspect looking into car windows. The police saw the man go into a yard and return with a bicycle. The police then approached the man and asked him if he owned the bike. The suspect said "no." The police then asked why he was in possession of the bike. "I noticed that the bike had a flat tire so I decided to take it to see if I could fix it," the suspect said. The police then arrested the man.

<strong>Don't Kick in Doors Over Spilt Milk</strong>

Police saw a man run from a 7-Eleven between Boylston and Dartmouth Street at about 12:41 a.m. Tuesday. Employees of the store said that the man entered the store with a half-drunk gallon of milk. The suspect told employees that the milk was bad and that he wanted his money back. The employees claimed that their store did not carry the brand of milk that the man was carrying. When they told the man this, he kicked and shattered the front door of the store. The suspect was arrested for willful and malicious destruction of property.

<strong>Grand Joke Auto</strong>

Early Saturday morning, at about 2:07 a.m., police noticed a man on Causeway Street crouch down and walk to a parked vehicle. The police saw the man open the car door and look at the center console. As the police approached the suspect, another man approached the car and shouted that the car was his mother's. The suspect got out of the car and said that he was "joking" and did not intend to steal the car. The police then arrested the man. On the way to the station the suspect said, "I can't wait. Boston judges are lenient, I will only get five minutes or community service."

<strong>Taxi Take Down</strong>

On Tuesday at about 1:50 a.m., officers responded to a call from a cab driver who was downtown between Park and Tremont Streets. The cab driver reported that he was stopped at a red light behind a black pickup truck. When the light turned green and the truck did not move, the cab driver honked his horn. Instead of moving, the driver got out of his vehicle and began to punch and kick the cab, shattering the front passenger window. The man then got back into his truck and drove away. The police located the suspect in the pickup truck parked nearby. When the cab driver positively identified the suspect the police took the man into custody.