City Crime Logs

The following reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton District D-14 crime logs from Oct. 5 to Oct. 11, 2011.

A Cinderella Story
At 2:30 a.m. last Friday, officers received a call regarding an assault and battery in the rear of the Star Market located at 1065 Commonwealth Ave. The victim, a male security worker at the store and aged 38, said he observed a male customer steal a whole fried chicken, soda, rolls and cold cuts. The security worker followed the suspect, a drunken male Boston University student, onto Gardner St. to confront him and was punched and pushed by the suspect. The worker grabbed the items to return to the store, and the suspect followed him to punch him again. The suspect fled on foot up Gardner Street and was not found by police, but the security worker was able to retrieve the suspect’s BU ID before he fled.

Pill-fered
Last Thursday at 10:30 a.m., officers responded to a radio call for an investigation of a suspect who entered 67 Brighton Ave. in Allston as a deliveryman. When approached by police, the suspicious male said he lived in a neighboring apartment with his wife. The suspect, a 61-year-old male, later told the officers that he actually lives at 73 Brighton Ave., but the name on the mailbox stated otherwise and nobody answered the door. Officers searched the male and found a white envelope with 20 peach-colored pills, a tan envelope containing 20 white pills and a small bag containing four yellow pills. The male was placed under arrest for possession with intent to distribute class B drugs within 1000 feet of a school zone after officers found $3,300 in his right pocket.

Dumpster dive
At 30 Warren St. in Brighton, officers responded to a robbery at 11:30 p.m. on Friday. Two 23-year-old females told officers that they were robbed at gunpoint while walking home. The suspects were described as two 18-year-old males. One demanded the girls’ belongings while holding a black handgun and then placed the gun to one girl’s back. The girls were robbed of a $500 Coach bag, $100 in cash, two cellphones, two credit cards and five checks worth $800. The suspects fled on foot and were not found by police. The next day at 10:15 a.m., one of the girls’ wallets was found in a dumpster.

It’s hammer time
The owner of the Subway store at 162 Harvard Ave. contacted police at 8 a.m. on Saturday about a break-in the previous night. The owner said an employee arrived at 7:40 a.m. and heard the alarm going off. The steel back door had been pried open and two alarm sensors above the door were damaged. The surveillance video showed three masked men entering the building at 12:30 a.m. with a hammer. They tried taking out the safe, but were unsuccessful because it was bolted down. They did not steal anything, but are wanted for breaking and entering.