The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Oct. 20 to Oct. 27.
One Allston resident received a surprising invitation on Friday at 2 p.m. from the burglar who broke into her home at 26 Hopedale St. on Oct. 11. In the letter, the suspect apologizes for his crime and explains his reasoning. The suspect states, “I feel at this moment I have a great desire to party with you guys. Let’s make friends, not enemies. You like Halloween parties? Big “Ol party comin’ up. I really think you all should come.” The victim found the letter to be intrusive and “creepy.”
PEEPING TOM OR GHOST?
A woman called the police on Oct. 19 saying she heard an unnerving noise as if someone was tapping outside her bedroom window at 47 Colborne Road. When she left the bed to go investigate she saw a mysteriously unidentifiable man in a brown sweatshirt running from her bedroom window. When the police investigated the window the screen was still intact and had no signs of movement.
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
Officers saw a suspect with an open container of beer in his hands in Brighton center on Sunday. When the police approached the man and asked if he had alcohol in his hand he replied, “No, it’s a Dr. Pepper.” Upon further inspection the officers asked if he had ID on him which he denied and gave a false date of birth when asked if he was 21. The officers placed him under arrest for drinking in public. After cuffing the suspect and patting him down, they found two other beers and the ID he claimed not to have revealed his age to be 20 years old.
STAY CLASSY, BC
On Friday, a police detective driving along Commonwealth Avenue. witnessed a painted bus with blue, red and white lights flashing, as if the bus was an emergency vehicle. It was a party bus. The detectives proceeded to follow the bus as it stopped and picked up a large amount of people bringing on about seven 30 racks of beer and one keg. The bus then pulled into the Boston College area and picked up more passengers. It traveled inbound down Commonwealth Ave. at 10 mph while taking up both lanes and blaring music loud enough to be heard five car lengths away. The detective turned on his lights and siren while directly behind the vehicle, but the bus driver continued to drive for five blocks before pulling over near Gorham St. The driver turned down the loud music, and the detective questioned him as to whether he checked the ID’s of all passengers as they boarded the bus. After repeatedly saying that he had, the detective decided to check the IDs of every one of the 90 passengers on the bus (its capacity was 30 people). Two underage females from Boston College tried to evade the detectives by crouching low and attempting to hide the open beers in their hands. Besides the beer cans strewn about the bus, there were also five bottles of wine and champagne. The detective charged the bus driver with lights displayed without permit, obstructing free flow of traffic, open containers of alcohol, vehicle running idly for five minutes, loud noise disruption, obstructed windows and over-capacity. The two under-aged passengers were directed to leave and deal with the BC police.
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