The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Jan. 26 to Jan. 30.
The worstest bar
Officers responded to a call outside the Greatest Bar, 262 Friend St., at 1:26 a.m. on Saturday. A man had run into the street yelling that he was all wet because he did not have his jacket after being expelled from the bar. The suspect refused to get out of the street when asked by the police and said he would not listen to cops who only make $10 an hour and have GEDs. The man’s friend decided to intervene and attempted to block the suspect when police tried to arrest him. The officers arrested both men and charged them with being disorderly and resisting arrest.
Son and father threatened by three teenagers
A father and son waved over the police at about 10:30 p.m. on Friday in downtown Boston. The father said that when he went to pick up his son he saw three kids attacking him. The son said that three boys walked up to him and said, “Should I punch this kid in the face?” The victim was then punched in the face by one suspect. When he fought back, the victim said the other two boys starting attacking him. When the father ran towards the boys to help his son, one of the suspects pulled out a knife and threatened the father. The suspects were arrested and charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon and assault and battery.
Car Clash
Officers responded to a car accident on Harvard and Wales Streets at about 9 a.m. on Sunday. After arriving at the scene, one of the drivers, a 22-year-old woman, was sent to Boston Medical Center with minor injuries as a result of the accident. No citations have been issued and the cause of the accident and still under investigation.
Jamaica Plain man shot
The police responded to a shooting in Jamaica Plain at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. At the scene, the police found a man with a gunshot wound. The victim was sent to Brigham & Women’s Hospital for non-life threatening injury. The Boston Police Department is still investigating the circumstances of the shooting.
They wished they were Rico
On Wednesday afternoon, officers responded to a report of a breaking and entering happening in Roxbury. Two people had removed a front side window screen to gain access into the house. After announcing the officer’s presence, a suspect came outside and told the officers he owned the house. When he did not have identification or know the address of the house the suspect was placed under custody and admitted, “OK, I don’t live here! There is one more person in the house but I don’t know his name.” As soon as the police entered the house to find the other suspect, the owners’ dog Rico went to the basement and scratched a door from which the second suspect immediately exited and tried to run. As the suspect tried to flee, Rico ran after him and caught the suspect. The two men were charged with breaking and entering in the daytime.
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