The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Sept. 22 to Sept. 29.
Police received a radio call from a jeweler’s on Washington Street at about 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 22. When police arrived at the scene, an employee reported that she had shown earrings to a customer, but that when she looked away, both the earrings and the customer were gone. The employee then chased the customer down. After officers questioned the suspect, he confessed and pulled the earrings from between his buttocks. “You better arrest me, “cause I need to learn a lesson,” the suspect told police.
Fore Wheelin’
At 1 a.m. on Sunday morning police saw a man driving a golf cart in the far right lane on Beacon Street. Police turned on their lights and sirens, and pulled the golf cart over. When asked why he was driving a golf cart, the driver answered that he was doing construction work. When asked again, the man answered, “I’m out doing a survey. What the (expletive) is it to you?” The man then told police that he found the golf cart outside of Boston City Hall.
Jack in the Box
On Tuesday morning police responded to a report that a suspect with an outstanding arrest for an unlicensed firearm was staying at a Dorchester home. The police went to the house and found the suspect in the back of the residence. When the suspect saw the police arrive, he went inside and slammed the door. The police surrounded the house before entering and then began to search inside. After an extensive search, police found the suspect hiding in a cardboard box in the basement.
Can’t Keep the Streets Clean
At 1 a.m. on Friday police responded to a call of an altercation downtown. The police found the victim, a street sweeper operator, who had cuts and swellings on his face and arms. The victim said that he was driving his street sweeper the wrong way down a one-way street when a car pulled in front of his sweeper and stopped. The victim got out of his street sweeper and the two suspects exited their car. The suspects proceeded to beat the victim with a hammer and threw a football in his face. Later, the police located the suspects’ car, and the street sweeper positively identified the suspects. Police arrested the individuals and searched their car to find both a hammer and a football.
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