The following crime reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton District D-14 crime logs from March 1 to March 6.
At about 2 p.m. last Thursday, a 43-year-old woman reported that while she was sitting in the chapel of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, in Brighton, a tall man stole her wallet. She said she moved from one pew to another one a few rows up, leaving her purse in the original pew. When she returned she discovered her wallet, valued at $60, had been stolen. The wallet contained $100 and various medical and credit cards.
Fight club
On Saturday at about 1 a.m., a physical altercation broke out at a party on 20 Highgate St. in Allston after a 26-year-old male began harassing females. Witnesses at the party, made up of about 50 guests, told the man he was not welcome at the party and asked him to leave several times. He refused and bumped chests with a partygoer, instigating a fight. During the fight, the suspect hit the victim over the head with a chair and ripped his shirt off, witnesses said. After the fight, he made gun-related threats to residents of the apartment. When police arrived, the victim was bleeding from the head and appeared intoxicated, unable to answer simple questions.
Shooting up
On Friday at about 8:20 p.m., a slim male robbed a 22-year-old male student, new to the U.S., at the intersection of Commonwealth and Brighton Avenues in Allston. Witnesses said the suspect grabbed the student’s right side and said, “I have a gun, give me your s–t, or I’ll shoot you.” Then the suspect took the student’s iPhone and fled up Brighton Avenue on foot. Police officers searched for the suspect to no avail.
While you were gone
An unemployed, 20-year-old female reported Saturday she had been robbed at 10 p.m. on Friday in a Dorchester homeless shelter at 20 Ames St. where she lives. The victim said the suspect, who had lived with her in another homeless shelter in 2011, was visiting her when she stole a gold necklace, an iPad, an iPod touch and a digital camera. The victim said over the course of the visit, she left the suspect alone several times to feed her child, dress her child and go to the bathroom. Police said the total worth of the stolen goods is about $1,600.
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